Therefore - THEREFORE, adv. ther'fore. [there and for.]
1. For that; for that or this reason, referring to something previously stated.
I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Luke 14.
2. Consequently.
He blushes; therefore he is guilty.
3. In return or recompense for this or that.
What shall we have therefore? Mat 19.
They - THEY, pron. plu.; objective case, them.]
1. The men, the women, the animals, the things. It is never used adjectively, but always as a pronoun referring to persons, or as a substitute referring to things.
They and their fathers have transgressed against me. Ezek 2.
They of Italy salute you. Heb 13.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness. Mat 5.
2. It is used indefinitely, as our ancestors used man, and as the French use on. They say, [on dit,] that is, it is said by persons, indefinitely.
Thief - THIEF, n. plu. thieves.
1. One who secretly, unlawfully and feloniously takes the goods or personal property of another. The thief takes the property of another privately; the robber by open force.
2. One who takes the property of another wrongfully, either secretly or by violence. Job 30.
3. One who seduces by false doctrine. John 10.
4. One who makes it his business to cheat and defraud; as a den of thieves. Mat 21.
5. An excrescence in the snuff of a candle.
Thing - THING, n. [The primary sense of thing is that which comes, falls or happens, like event, from L. evenio.]
1. An event or action; that which happens or falls out, or that which is done, told or proposed. This is the general signification of the word in the Scriptures; as after these things, that is, events.
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son. Gen 21.
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, the thing proceedeth from the Lord. Gen 24.
And Jacob said, all these things are against me. Gen 42.
I will tell you by what authority I do these things. Mat 21.
These things said Esaias when he saw his glory. John 12.
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2. Any substance; that which is created; any particular article or commodity.
He sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt-- Gen 42.
They took the things which Micah had made. Judg 18.
3. An animal; as every living thing; every creeping thing. Gen 1.
[This application of the word is improper, but common in popular and vulgar language.]
4. A portion or part; something.
Wicked men who understand any thing of wisdom--
5. In contempt.
I have a thing in prose.
6. Used of persons in contempt.
See, sons, what things you are,
The poor thing sigh'd.
I'll be this abject thing no more.
7. Used in a sense of honor.
I see thee here,
Thou noble thing!
Think - THINK, v.i. pret. and pp. thought, pron. thaut. [L. duco.]
1. To have the mind occupied on some subject; to have ideas, or to revolve ideas in the mind.
--For that I am
I know, because I think.
These are not matters to be slightly thought on.
2. To judge; to conclude; to hold as a settled opinion. I think it will rain tomorrow. I think it not best to proceed on our journey.
Let them marry to whom they think best. Num 36.
3. To intend.
Thou thought'st to help me.
I thought to promote thee to great honor. Num 24.
4. To imagine; to suppose; to fancy.
Edmund, I think, is gone
In pity of his misery, to dispatch
His 'nighted life.
Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. 1 Cor 10.
5. To muse; to meditate.
While Peter thought on the vision--Acts 10.
Think much, speak little.
6. To reflect; to recollect or call to mind.
And when Peter thought thereon, he wept. Mark 14.
7. To consider; to deliberate. Think how this thing could happen.
He thought within himself, saying, what shall I do?
Luke 12.
8. To presume.
Think not to say within yourselves,we have Abraham to our father-- Mat 3.
9. To believe; to esteem.
To think on or upon, to muse on; to meditate on.
If there by any virtue,and if there by any praise, think on these things. Phil 4.
1. To light on by meditation. He has just thought on an expedient that will answer the purpose.
2. To remember with favor.
Think upon me, my God, for good. Neh 5.
To think of, to have ideas come into the mind. He thought of what you told him. I would have sent the books, but I did not think of it.
To think well of, to hold in esteem; to esteem.
THINK, v.t. To conceive; to imagine.
Charity--thinketh no evil. 1 Cor 13.
1. To believe; to consider; to esteem.
Nor think superfluous others' aid.
2. To seem or appear, as in the phrases, me thinketh or methinks, and methought. These are genuine Saxon phrases, equivalent to it seems to me, it seemed to me. In these expressions, me is actually in the dative case; almost the only instance remaining in the language. Sax "genoh thuht," satis visum est, it appeared enough or sufficient; "me thineth," mihi videtur, it seems to me; I perceive.
To think much, to grudge.
He thought not much to clothe his enemies.
To think much of, to hold in high esteem.
To think scorn, to disdain. Est 3.