Collection
Bible Usage:
- collection used 3 times.
- First Reference: 2 Chronicles 24:6
- Last Reference: 1 Corinthians 16:1
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
The Christians in Palestine, from various causes, suffered from poverty. Paul awakened an interest in them among the Gentile churches, and made pecuniary collections in their behalf (Acts 24:17; Romans 15:25, 26; 1 Corinthians 16:1-3; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Galatians 2:10).
Of money, for the poor.
Alms; Beneficence; Giving; Liberality
COLLECTION, noun
1. The act of gathering, or assembling.
2. The body formed by gathering; an assemblage, or assembly; a crowd; as a collection of men.
3. A contribution; a sum collected for a charitable purpose.
Now concerning the collection for the saints. 1 Corinthians 16:1.
4. A gathering, as of matter in an abscess.
5. The act of deducing consequences; reasoning; inference.
6. A corollary; a consectary; a deduction from premises; consequence.
7. A book compiled from other books, by the putting together of parts; a compilation; as a collection of essays or sermons.
Bible Usage:
- collection used 3 times.
- First Reference: 2 Chronicles 24:6
- Last Reference: 1 Corinthians 16:1
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance: