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Bible Dictionaries
Calling

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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Concordances

Nave Topical Bible

Personal Call
Call

Thompson Chain Reference

Wisdom's Call
Imperative Call
Christian Calling
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The Topic Concordance

Calling

Treasury of Biblical Knowledge

Called, Elect, Active or Passive
Called Into His Presence

Torrey Topical Textbook

Call of God, the

Dictionaries

Bridgeway Bible Dictionary

Call

Baker's Evangelical Dictionary

Call, Calling

Charles Buck Dictionary

Ministerial Call
Gospel Call
General Call
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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Effectual Call
Calling
Call

Holman Bible Dictionary

Call, Calling

Hastings' NT Dictionary

Dictionary of Early Christian Biography

Timotheus, Called Aelurus
Tarachus, Also Called Victor
Peregrinus, Called Proteus
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King James Dictionary

Calling
Called
Call

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Calling

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Hark, a Herald Voice Is Calling

Vines' Expository Dictionary

Call, Called, Calling

Call

Wilson's Bible Types

Calling

Webster Dictionary

So-Called
Calling
Called
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Watson's Theological Dictionary

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Calling

Encyclopedias

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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La Calle

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Calling

Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia

Joseph Called Barsabas

McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia

Begha (Also Called Bez and Begagh), St.
Bernardin (of Carpentras), Henri Andre (Called the Father)
Bray, William (or Billy Bray As He Was Familiarly Called)
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The Jewish Encyclopedia

"Calling Up"
Alonzo de La Calle

Lexicons

ܓ݁ܥܳܐ
ܩܪܳܐ
ܩܰܪܝܳܐ
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A profession, or as we usually say, a vocation (1 Corinthians 7:20 ). The "hope of your calling" in Ephesians 4:4 is the hope resulting from your being called into the kingdom of God.

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These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Calling'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/c/calling.html. 1897.

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