Accent
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Accent (1 Occurrence)

Matthew 26:73 After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known." (See RSV NIV)

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Accent (1 Occurrence)
... A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation;
esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a ...
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Proper (62 Occurrences)
... is treated as one word, whether on analysis it consists of a single word, a phrase,
or a sentence; and as such it is subject to the laws of accent and quantity ...
/p/proper.htm - 57k

Names (133 Occurrences)
... is treated as one word, whether on analysis it consists of a single word, a phrase,
or a sentence; and as such it is subject to the laws of accent and quantity ...
/n/names.htm - 101k

Virginity (12 Occurrences)
... the context can give it the force "virgin." This force, however, seems required
by the contrasts in Songs 6:8, but in 1:3 "virgin" throws the accent in the ...
/v/virginity.htm - 15k

Jot (1 Occurrence)
... Greek equivalent for the Hebrew yodh ("y"), the smallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet,
in New Testament times being little larger than an English accent ('). ...
/j/jot.htm - 8k

Gehenna (12 Occurrences)
... from Gehenna and varies. In the New Testament the correct form is Gee'nna
with the accent on the penult, not Ge'enna. There is no ...
/g/gehenna.htm - 15k

Galilean (5 Occurrences)
... Peter was detected by his Galilean accent (Matthew 26:69; Mark 14:70). This was
also one of the names of reproach given to the early Christians. ...
/g/galilean.htm - 9k

Galilee (73 Occurrences)
... Com.). The Galilean accent differed from that of Jerusalem in being broader
and more guttural (Mark 14:70). Galilee, Sea of. (Matthew ...
/g/galilee.htm - 67k

Foot (193 Occurrences)
... syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly
distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. ...
/f/foot.htm - 48k

Tittle (2 Occurrences)
... or mark, specif. on a letter to denote accent, or as a diacritical mark;
used only in Matthew 5:18 and Luke 16:17. In the first ...
/t/tittle.htm - 8k

Greek
1189. deomai -- to want, entreat
... LS and Thayer find expresses distinct meanings in antiquity, perhaps indicating
a distinction in accent (like with the English terms, pro'duce and prod ce).]. ...
/greek/1189.htm - 7k

4458. pos -- at all
... See also 1513 () and 3381 (). [4458 () is an enclitic, and therefore distinguished
from the 4459 ("how") that uses a circumflex accent.]. ...
/greek/4458.htm - 7k

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

2. (n.) A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

3. (n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.

4. (n.) A word; a significant tone

5. (n.) expressions in general; speech.

6. (n.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

7. (n.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.

8. (n.) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.

9. (n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.

10. (n.) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.

11. (n.) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.

12. (n.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.

13. (n.) A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.

14. (v. t.) To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.

15. (v. t.) To mark emphatically; to emphasize.

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