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Nave Topical Bible
• Officer
• Malfeasance in Office
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Penitential Office
• Office
• Occasional Offices
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Charles Buck Dictionary
• Offices of Christ
• Officers Church
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Kingly Office of Christ
Fausset Bible Dictionary
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Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Self-Examination: Its Right Offices
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Offices in the New Testament
• Judge (Office)
Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Offices of Christ
• Officer (2)
• Officer
King James Dictionary
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• Office
Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Prayers in the Divine Office
• Passion Offices
• Offices, Passion
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People's Bible Dictionary
• Names Titles and Offices of Christ
Smith Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Priesthood, Priest's Office
• Officer
• Office
Webster Dictionary
• Post Office
• Officering
• Officered
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Colonial Office
• Foreign Office
• Great Officers of State
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Christ, Offices of
• Office
• Officer
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Ambrosian Office
• Christ, Offices of
• Holy Office
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Circumlocution Office
• Holy Office
• Petty Officers
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Assessor of the Holy Office
• Divine Office
• Little Office of Our Lady
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Lexicons
• ܓ݁ܰܒ݁ܳܝܳܐ
• ܕ݁ܰܚܫܶܐ
• ܩܰܫܺܝܫܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
• ἐπισκοπή
• ἱερατεία
• ἱερατεύω
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• אֱמונָּה
• כָּהַן
• כֹּהֵן
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of´i - sẽr : In the King James Version the term is employed to render different words denoting various officials, domestic, civil and military, such as סריס , ṣārı̄ṣ , "eunuch," "minister of state" ( Genesis 37:36 ); פּקיד , pāḳı̄dh , "person in charge," "overseer" (Genesis 41:34 ); נציב , necı̄bh , "stationed," "garrison," "prefect" (1 Kings 4:19 ); שׁטר , shōṭēr , "scribe" or "secretary" (perhaps arranger or organizer), then any official or overseer. In Esther 9:3 for the King James Version "officers of the king" the Revised Version (British and American) has (more literal) "they that did the king's business."

In the New Testament, "officer" generally corresponds to the Greek word ὑπηρέτης , hupērétēs , "servant," or any person in the employ of another. In Matthew 5:25 the term evidently means "bailiff" or exactor of the fine imposed by the magistrate, and corresponds to πράκτωρ , práktōr , used in Luke 12:58 .