Adventure

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · James Orr and contributors

ad-ven'-tur: "To risk," "to dare," referring always to an undertaking attended with some peril (Jud 9:17: "My father adventured his life"). Compare De 28:56. So also Ec 5:14: "Riches perish by evil adventure." Only once in New Testament for didomi (Ac 19:31), where Paul's friends beg him "not to adventure himself (archaic for "venture") into theater."

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AdventureEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 2.2; historical scholarship originally published in 1915