Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Infinite knowledge; the quality or attribute of fully knowing all things: an attribute of God.
- noun Hence Very wide or comprehensive knowledge; a knowledge of everything.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being omniscient; the quality of knowing everything; -- an attribute peculiar to God.
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- noun The
capacity toknow everything .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being omniscient; having infinite knowledge
Etymologies
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Examples
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But dude, if you are God, don’t you think you can write your own job description without being bound by the definition of the term omniscience?
Lean Left » Blog Archive » Mid Morning Linkage and Flame Bait 2006
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The OneTrueGod object's omniscience is an ability to run the KnowShit method on every variable of particle position and velocity in every reality, past, present and future.
THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART FOUR Hal Duncan 2007
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The beauty of His omniscience is that He understands what is best for us even when we don't.
Victory ... over everything? Andrew Beckner 2007
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The beauty of His omniscience is that He understands what is best for us even when we don't.
Archive 2007-10-01 Andrew Beckner 2007
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The OneTrueGod object's omniscience is an ability to run the KnowShit method on every variable of particle position and velocity in every reality, past, present and future.
Archive 2007-04-01 Hal Duncan 2007
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As God's omniscience is engaged for the finding of them all out, so is his omnipotence for the bringing of them all in.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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This confession of the divine omniscience is here extorted from these idolaters, to the honour of God and their own condemnation, who though they knew there is a God in heaven, to whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secret is hid, yet offered up their prayers and praises to dumb idols, that have eyes and see not, ears and hear not.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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God's omniscience is as much the joy of the upright as it is the terror of hypocrites, and is particularly comfortable to those who are falsely accused and in any wise have wrong done them.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Note, A practical disbelief of God's omniscience is at the bottom both of the carnal worships and of the carnal confidences of hypocrites; Ps. xciv.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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A practical disbelief of God's omniscience is at the bottom of all the wickedness of the wicked.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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