Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & conjunction Whereto.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unto what or whom? whereto?
- To which or whom; unto what; for what end or purpose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Same as
whereto .
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- adverb interrogative unto what; to what purpose
- adverb unto which
- conjunction unto which
Etymologies
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Examples
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But upon a supposition hereof, he is no less concerned in what shall yet farther give him title whereunto, that he may reign in life through righteousness.
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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Noah's salvation in the ark upon the water prefigured the salvation of all good Christians in the church by baptism; that temporal salvation by the ark was a type, the antitype whereunto is the eternal salvation of believers by baptism, to prevent mistakes about which the apostle,
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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And of them there is not any one but we are ready to vindicate it, if called whereunto, from the exceptions of these men; which how bold and sophistical they are we may, in these now considered, also learn and know.
A Brief Declaration and Vindication of The Doctrine of the Trinity 1616-1683 1965
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I shall be happy to learn more definitely about the "whereunto" of the disturbance so that I may be able to give needed answers to many inquiries on the subject.
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Now, if the "whereunto" refers to the "disobedient," how could they be charged with disobedience if they were just doing what they were appointed to do?
The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election Robert Wallace
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Christ is the term "whereunto": for Ambrose says in De Officiis (De
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Here is the actual text of 1 Peter 3.21 (AV): "The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
Taylor vs. Cowan 2007
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As the Bibo Sez of the hardworking believers who spread wide for what the Bibo Sez, "If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained" 1st Timothy 4:6.
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Here is the actual text of 1 Peter 3.21 (AV): "The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Except thy knees I have no altar whereunto to fly; and not a friend stands at my side.
Iphigenia at Aulis 2008
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