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- noun Plural of
semeion .
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Examples
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Aristotle distinguished deductive signs – tekmeria-which were always true and inductive signs – semeia – which were likely but not certain.
There Are Some Lines You Just Don’t Cross « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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[1] Pneumatika ta semeia kalon, hoti tauta erga tou pneumatos monou, ouden anthropines epeispherouses spoudes, eis to ta toiauta thaumatourgein.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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* Pneumatika ta semeia kalon, hoti tauta erga tou pneumatos monou, ouden anthropines epeispherouses spoudes, eis to ta toiauta thaumatourgein.
Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967
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Latin; in a specific sense, the Latin Vulgate designates by miracula wonders of a peculiar kind, expressed more clearly in the Greek text by the terms terata, dynameis, semeia, i.e., wonders performed by supernatural power as signs of some special mission or gift and explicitly ascribed to God.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Gen. 1: 29 humin estai eis brosin, 1: 14 estosan eis semeia.
A Grammar of Septuagint Greek 1856-1924 1905
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Kai ` eipen autois, "Poreuthe'ntes eis to ` n ko'smon a'panta, keru'xate to ` euange'lion pa'sej3 te kti'sei. o pisteu'sas kai ` baptisthei ` s, sothe'setai. o de ` apiste'sas, katakrithe'setai. semeia de ` tois pisteu'sasi tauta parakolouthe'sei. en to ono'mati 'mou daimo'nia ekbalousi. glo'ssais lale'sousi kainais; o'pheis arousi; ka ` n thana'simo'n ti pi'osin, ou me ` autou ` s bla'psei; epi ` arro'stous cheiras epithe'sousi, kai ` kalos e'xousin."
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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"Poreuthe'ntes eis to ` n ko'smon a'panta, keru'xate to ` euange'lion pa'sej3 te kti'sei. o pisteu'sas kai ` baptisthei ` s, sothe'setai. o de ` apiste'sas, katakrithe'setai. semeia de ` tois pisteu'sasi tauta parakolouthe'sei. en to ono'mati 'mou daimo'nia ekbalousi. glo'ssais lale'sousi kainais; o'pheis arousi; ka ` n thana'simo'n ti pi'osin, ou me ` autou ` s bla'psei; epi ` arro'stous cheiras epithe'sousi, kai ` kalos e'xousin."
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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Again: -- ei gar tote erxanto poiein ta semeia hoi apostoloi, egoun meta ten kuriou enastasin, tote edei kai to biblion anaginoskesthai t9outo. hosper gar ta peri tou staurou en te hemera staurou anaginoskomen, kai ta en to anast8asei dmoios, kai ta en ekas9te heorto gegonota to auto palin anaginoskomen, houtos edei kai ta thaomatata apostolika en ais hemerais ton apostolikon semeion agaginoskesthai.
The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established 1813-1888 1871
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This is supported by the whole form of the expression, and by the use of the words semeia poiein, which cannot mean any thing but "to work miracles."
The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical Developement. 1789-1850 1870
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To those who embraced the miracles in this latter sense, properly as semeia, he freely communicated himself; and, on the other hand, he must more and more have alienated himself from those who attached themselves to him only from a momentary interest of the former kind.
The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical Developement. 1789-1850 1870
fbharjo commented on the word semeia
inductive signs
December 30, 2012