Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, April 18th, 2024
the Third Week after Easter
the Third Week after Easter
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!
Click here to learn more!
Bible Dictionaries
Act
King James Dictionary
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
ACT, Gr., Lat. to urge, drive, lead, bring, do, perform, or in general to move, to exert force.
1. To exert power as, the stomach acts upon food the will acts upon the body in producing motion.
2. To be in action or motion to move
He hangs between in doubt to act or rest.
3. To behave, demean, or conduct, as in morals, private duties, or public offices as, we know not why a minister has acted in this manner. But in this sense, it is most frequent in popular language as, how the man acts or has acted.
To act up to, is to equal in action to fulfil or perform a correspondent action as he has acted up to his engagement or his advantages.
Copyright Statement
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Act'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/a/act.html.
Entry for 'Act'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/a/act.html.
