'Verbal inspiration' definitions:

Definition of 'Verbal inspiration'

From: GCIDE
  • Inspiration \In`spi*ra"tion\, n. [F. inspiration, L. inspiratio. See Inspire.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their death have good inspirations. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Theol.) A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. [1913 Webster]
  • All Scripture is given by inspiration of God. --2 Tim. iii. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • The age which we now live in is not an age of inspiration and impulses. --Sharp. [1913 Webster]
  • Plenary inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which excludes all defect in the utterance of the inspired message.
  • Verbal inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which extends to the very words and forms of expression of the divine message. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Verbal inspiration'

From: GCIDE
  • Verbal \Ver"bal\, a. [F., fr. L. verbalis. See Verb.]
  • 1. Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony. [1913 Webster]
  • Made she no verbal question? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • We subjoin an engraving . . . which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind. --Mayhew. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change. [1913 Webster]
  • And loses, though but verbal, his reward. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Mere verbal refinements, instead of substantial knowledge. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Abounding with words; verbose. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix. [1913 Webster]
  • Verbal inspiration. See under Inspiration.
  • Verbal noun (Gram.), a noun derived directly from a verb or verb stem; a verbal. The term is specifically applied to infinitives, and nouns ending in -ing, esp. to the latter. See Gerund, and -ing, 2. See also, Infinitive mood, under Infinitive. [1913 Webster]