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In the biblical context, the idea of widening often relates to the expansion of understanding, the broadening of influence, or the opening of opportunities for God's people.<br><br><b>Widening of Understanding</b><br><br>In <a href="/proverbs/4-7.htm">Proverbs 4:7</a>, the importance of gaining wisdom and understanding is emphasized: "The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it costs all you have, get understanding." . The pursuit of wisdom can be seen as a widening of one's spiritual and intellectual horizons, allowing believers to navigate life with discernment and insight.<br><br><b>Broadening of Influence</b><br><br>The expansion of influence is a recurring theme in the Bible, particularly in the context of God's promises to His people. In <a href="/genesis/12-2.htm">Genesis 12:2</a>, God promises Abraham, "I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing." . This promise indicates a widening of Abraham's influence, as his descendants would become a blessing to all nations.<br><br>Similarly, the Great Commission in <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19-20</a> calls for the disciples to broaden their reach: "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you." . This directive from Jesus encourages believers to widen their scope of ministry to include all nations.<br><br><b>Opening of Opportunities</b><br><br>The concept of widening is also evident in the opportunities God provides for His people. In <a href="/isaiah/54-2.htm">Isaiah 54:2-3</a>, the prophet speaks of enlarging the place of one's tent: "Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back; lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes deep. For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities." . This passage metaphorically describes the widening of opportunities and blessings for Israel.<br><br><b>Widening of the Heart</b><br><br>In <a href="/2_corinthians/6-11.htm">2 Corinthians 6:11-13</a>, Paul speaks of opening one's heart: "We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians. Our hearts are open wide. It is not our affection, but yours that is restrained. As a fair exchange, I ask you as my children: Open wide your hearts also." . Here, the widening of the heart signifies an openness to love, relationship, and reconciliation.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>While the specific term "wider" may not appear in the biblical text, the themes of widening understanding, influence, opportunities, and the heart are deeply embedded in Scripture. These concepts encourage believers to embrace growth, expansion, and openness in their spiritual journey and relationships with others.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1248.htm"><span class="l">1248. diakonia -- service, ministry</span></a> <br><b>...</b> diakonia Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ak-on-ee'-ah) Short Definition: waiting at table,<br> service, ministration Definition: waiting at table; in a <b>wider</b> sense: service <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1248.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5368.htm"><span class="l">5368. phileo -- to love</span></a> <br><b>...</b> or an object)), ie Have affection for (denoting personal attachment, as a matter<br> of sentiment or feeling; while agapao is <b>wider</b>, embracing especially the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5368.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/537.htm"><span class="l">537. hapas -- all, the whole</span></a> <br><b>...</b> all " and 3956 , "each, every") -- (as a ), ie "" making up a . 537 () focuses on<br> the individual parts their totality and thus "sweeps with a <b>wider</b> broom" than <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/537.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7337.htm"><span class="l">7337. rachab -- to be or grow wide or large</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), made room (1), makes room (1), open your wide (1), open wide (1), opened their<br> wide (1), rejoice (1), relieved (1), roomy (1), speaks boldly (1), <b>wider</b> (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7337.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_on_johns_gospel/wider_wooing.htm"><span class="l"><b>Wider</b> Wooing.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> V The Greatest Wooing (John xviii.-xix.) <b>Wider</b> Wooing. At the top of the<br> mountain is the peak. <b>...</b> It moves out into a yet <b>wider</b> sweep. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/wider wooing.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chapin/the_crown_of_thorns/mystery_and_faith.htm"><span class="l">Mystery and Faith</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But if we take a <b>wider</b> view of things, and consider this material universe in which<br> we live, the great fact of mystery and the need of faith will be urged upon <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/chapin/the crown of thorns/mystery and faith.htm</font><p><a href="/library/macdonald/at_the_back_of_the_north_wind/chapter_37_the_next_night.htm"><span class="l">The Next Night Diamond was Seated by his Open Window...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The bees were all at home, and the clover was asleep. Then she would return<br> and follow the river. It grew <b>wider</b> and <b>wider</b> as it went. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 37 the next night.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_j/life_hid_and_not_hid.htm"><span class="l">Life Hid and not Hid</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Now, I have often had occasion to remind you that the Old Testament use of the word<br> 'heart' is much <b>wider</b> than our modern one, which limits it to being the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/life hid and not hid.htm</font><p><a href="/library/ramsay/was_christ_born_in_bethlehem/chapter_3_lukes_attitude_towards.htm"><span class="l">Luke's Attitude Towards the Roman World</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It will not demand that he, a Greek of the <b>wider</b> Greek world, as distinguished from<br> the narrower country of Greece proper, should look at everything through <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ramsay/was christ born in bethlehem/chapter 3 lukes attitude towards.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_j/inviolable_messiahs_and_prophets.htm"><span class="l">Inviolable Messiahs and Prophets</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Further, as Judaism, with its anointings and prophecies was a narrower system following<br> upon a <b>wider</b> one, so a <b>wider</b> one has succeeded it; and we step into the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/inviolable messiahs and prophets.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_i/the_fulness_of_christ.htm"><span class="l">The Fulness of Christ</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 'We beheld' refers to the narrower circle; 'we all received' to the <b>wider</b> sweep<br> of the whole Church. There is no exclusive class, no special prerogative. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/the fulness of christ.htm</font><p><a href="/library/greene/the_development_of_religious_liberty_in_connecticut/chapter_xiii_certificate_laws_and.htm"><span class="l">Certificate Laws and Western Land Bills</span></a> <br><b>...</b> CERTIFICATE LAWS AND WESTERN LAND BILLS. And make the bounds of Freedom <b>wider</b><br> yet."Alfred Tennyson. The legal recognition of conscience <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xiii certificate laws and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arminius/the_works_of_james_arminius_vol_3/second_proposition_of_arminius.htm"><span class="l">Second Proposition of Arminius</span></a> <br><b>...</b> external cause is the justice of God." Axiom i, "Therefore Reprobation (that we<br> may clearly distinguish the matter) is understood either in a <b>wider</b> sense, or <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 3/second proposition of arminius.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/lamps_and_bushels.htm"><span class="l">Lamps and Bushels</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Now all these thoughts have a far <b>wider</b> application than in reference to<br> our Lord's parables. And I may suggest one or two of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/lamps and bushels.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/w/wider.htm"><span class="l"><b>Wider</b> (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Wider</b> (5 Occurrences). <b>...</b> They are fond of standing and praying in the synagogues or<br> at the corners of the <b>wider</b> streets, in order that men may see them. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wider.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/apostle.htm"><span class="l">Apostle (25 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> a general designation for the Twelve, but had reference only to this particular<br> mission, which was typical and prophetic, however, of the <b>wider</b> mission that <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/apostle.htm - 87k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/widen.htm"><span class="l">Widen (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vt) To make wide or <b>wider</b>; to extend in breadth; to increase the width of;<br> as, to widen a field; to widen a breach; to widen a stocking. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/widen.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/female.htm"><span class="l">Female (95 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An individual of the sex which conceives and brings<br> forth young, or (in a <b>wider</b> sense) which has an ovary and produces ova. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/female.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/apocalyptic.htm"><span class="l">Apocalyptic</span></a><br><b>...</b> while the predictive element as present in Apocalypses, as in Prophecy, it is more<br> prominent and relates to longer periods and involves a <b>wider</b> grasp of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/apocalyptic.htm - 42k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nonimmersionist.htm"><span class="l">Nonimmersionist</span></a><br><b>...</b> indicate the sacrament of baptism. It is the intensive form of baptein,<br> "to dip," and takes a <b>wider</b> meaning. The passages Luke 11 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nonimmersionist.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/non-immersionist.htm"><span class="l">Non-immersionist</span></a><br><b>...</b> indicate the sacrament of baptism. It is the intensive form of baptein,<br> "to dip," and takes a <b>wider</b> meaning. The passages Luke 11 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/non-immersionist.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/ministry.htm"><span class="l">Ministry (44 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> In the New Testament and in the other literature of the early church the word "apostle"<br> is used in a narrower and in a <b>wider</b> sense, and it is the more <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/ministry.htm - 51k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kingdom.htm"><span class="l">Kingdom (409 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> With Omri the political sphere of action of Israel became <b>wider</b> than it<br> had been before, and its internal affairs more settled. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kingdom.htm - 101k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/view.htm"><span class="l">View (86 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> indicate the sacrament of baptism. It is the intensive form of baptein,<br> "to dip," and takes a <b>wider</b> meaning. The passages Luke 11 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/view.htm - 81k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/individualism.html">What does the Bible say about individualism? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/desired-of-all-nations.html">Who is the desired of all nations (Haggai 2:7)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/existentialism.html">What is existentialism? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Wider (5 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/6-5.htm">Matthew 6:5</a></span><br />"And when praying, you must not be like the hypocrites. They are fond of standing and praying in the synagogues or at the corners of the <span class="boldtext">wider</span> streets, in order that men may see them. I solemnly tell you that they already have their reward.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-10.htm">1 Chronicles 4:10</a></span><br />And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make <span class="boldtext">wider</span> the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/11-9.htm">Job 11:9</a></span><br />Longer in measure than the earth, and <span class="boldtext">wider</span> than the sea.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/41-7.htm">Ezekiel 41:7</a></span><br />The side-rooms became <span class="boldtext">wider</span> as they went higher up the house, by the amount of the space let into the wall up round about the house, because of the inlets in the house; and one went up from the lowest floor by steps to the middle, and from the middle to the upper floor.<br /><span class="source">(BBE NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/amos/6-2.htm">Amos 6:2</a></span><br />Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land <span class="boldtext">wider</span> than theirs? <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/w/wider.htm">Wider</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/wider.htm">Wider (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/widespread.htm">Widespread (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/rulers.htm">Rulers (310 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/heavens.htm">Heavens (548 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/w/wideness.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Wideness"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Wideness" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/w/wide-shining.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Wide-shining"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Wide-shining" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>