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The term underscores the belief that God has a definitive plan and purpose, which He executes according to His wisdom and timing.<br><br><b>Divine Sovereignty and Providence</b><br><br>The Bible frequently emphasizes God's sovereignty, illustrating that He determines the course of events and the destinies of nations and individuals. In <a href="/isaiah/46-10.htm">Isaiah 46:10</a> , God declares, "I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’" This passage highlights God's omniscience and omnipotence, affirming that He determines the outcome of all things according to His divine purpose.<br><br><b>Human Life and Destiny</b><br><br>Scripture also speaks to God's determination in the lives of individuals. In <a href="/jeremiah/29-11.htm">Jeremiah 29:11</a> , God assures His people, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope." This verse reflects the belief that God has a specific plan for each person, which He determines for their ultimate good and His glory.<br><br><b>Moral and Ethical Determinations</b><br><br>God's determinations are not limited to events and destinies but extend to moral and ethical standards. In <a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19</a> , Moses presents a choice to the Israelites: "I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live." Here, God determines the moral framework within which His people are to live, offering them the choice to follow His commandments.<br><br><b>Judgment and Justice</b><br><br>The Bible also portrays God as the ultimate judge who determines the fate of the righteous and the wicked. In <a href="/acts/17-31.htm">Acts 17:31</a> , Paul speaks of a day when God "will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed." This reflects the belief that God has determined a time for judgment, ensuring that justice is ultimately served.<br><br><b>Prayer and Human Response</b><br><br>While God determines the course of history and individual lives, the Bible also encourages human response through prayer and obedience. In <a href="/james/5-16.htm">James 5:16</a> , it is written, "The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail." This suggests that while God has determined His plans, He invites human participation through prayer, which can influence outcomes within His sovereign will.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>The concept of "determines" in the Bible underscores the belief in God's ultimate authority and control over all aspects of life and creation. It reflects a worldview that sees history and individual lives as unfolding according to God's divine plan, while also acknowledging the role of human response in the context of His sovereign will.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2602.htm"><span class="l">2602. katabole -- a laying down</span></a> <br><b>...</b> detail, "following all the way along," and 906 , "to cast") -- properly, a , cast<br> according to a blueprint (original design); the which <b>determines</b> the entire <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2602.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1752.htm"><span class="l">1752. heneka -- on account of, because of</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1752 () introduces the () which shapes (<b>determines</b>) the end-outcome of the<br> verbal idea. because, for sake, wherefore, by reason of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1752.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3985.htm"><span class="l">3985. peirazo -- to make proof of, to attempt, test, tempt</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the " (, 1, 30). "The word means " (, 1, 348). <b>determines</b> which sense is<br> intended, or if both apply . 3985 () means "tempt" (" sense <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3985.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><p><a href="/greek/4124.htm"><span class="l">4124. pleonexia -- advantage, covetousness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> derived from 4119 , " more" and 2192 , "have") -- properly, the desire for (), ie<br> lusting for a greater of things that go beyond what God <b>determines</b> is best <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4124.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/1391.htm"><span class="l">1391. doxa -- opinion (always good in NT), hence praise, honor <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> 1391 (from , "exercising which <b>determines</b> ") -- . 1391 ("glory") corresponds to<br> the OT word, (OT 3519, "to be "). Both terms convey , (substance, essence). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1391.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/302.htm"><span class="l">302. an -- usually untranslatable, but generally denoting <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> causes" (J. Thayer). <b>determines</b> how 302 () "" (conditions") the statement<br> by the possibility (condition) involved. Accordingly, 302 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/302.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/4151.htm"><span class="l">4151. pneuma -- wind, spirit</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The most frequent meaning (translation) of 4151 () in the NT is "" ("" Only<br> the context however <b>determines</b> which sense(s) is meant. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4151.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/5427.htm"><span class="l">5427. phronema -- the thought (that which is in the mind)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Cognate: 5427 (a neuter noun) -- properly visceral opinion (the innermost, personal<br> level of opinion); inner perspective as it <b>determines</b> (regulating) outward <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5427.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/32.htm"><span class="l">32. aggelos -- a messenger, angel</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 32 () is used 176 times in the NT (usually of heavenly angels), but only the context<br> <b>determines</b> whether a human or celestial messenger is intended. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/32.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/2532.htm"><span class="l">2532. kai -- and, even, also</span></a> <br><b>...</b> namely. 2532 (the most common NT conjunction, used over 9,000 times) -- ()<br> very often, , , (the <b>determines</b> the exact sense). [After <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2532.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/arminius/the_works_of_james_arminius_vol_1/article_iv_faith_is_not.htm"><span class="l">Faith is not an Effect of Election, but is a Necessary Requisite <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> For it either signifies "the election by which God <b>determines</b> to justify believers,<br> while those who are unbelievers or workers are rejected from righteousness <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/article iv faith is not.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_union_is_the_same.htm"><span class="l">Whether Union is the Same as Assumption?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And hence assumption <b>determines</b> the term whence and the term whither; for<br> assumption means a taking to oneself from another. But <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether union is the same.htm</font><p><a href="/library/denney/the_atonement_and_the_modern_mind/chapter_i_preliminary_definition_of.htm"><span class="l">Preliminary Definition of the Subject</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It <b>determines</b> more than anything else our conceptions of God, of man, of history,<br> and even of nature; it <b>determines</b> them, for we must bring them all in some <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the atonement and the modern mind/chapter i preliminary definition of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/abbott/cyrus_the_great/chapter_ii_the_birth_of.htm"><span class="l">The Birth of Cyrus.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of Cambyses."Story of Mandane."Dream of Astyages."Astyages' second dream."Its<br> interpretation."Birth of Cyrus."Astyages <b>determines</b> to destroy him <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter ii the birth of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/denney/the_death_of_christ/chapter_7_the_atonement_and.htm"><span class="l">The Atonement and the Modern Mind</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It <b>determines</b> more than anything else our conceptions of God, of man, of history,<br> and even of nature; it <b>determines</b> them, for we must bring them all in some <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../denney/the death of christ/chapter 7 the atonement and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/romans_corinthians_to_ii_corinthians_chap_v/sober_thinking.htm"><span class="l">Sober Thinking</span></a> <br><b>...</b> I. What <b>determines</b> our gifts. <b>...</b> The strength of a Christian man's faith <b>determines</b><br> his whole Christian character. Faith is trust, the attitude of receptivity. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/sober thinking.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_heath_in_the_desert.htm"><span class="l">The Heath in the Desert and the Tree by the River</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Underneath the pictures there lies this thought, that the direction of a man's trust<br> <b>determines</b> the whole cast of his life, because it <b>determines</b>, as it were <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the heath in the desert.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xxxi_our_status.htm"><span class="l">Our Status.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And since a man does not determine his own status, but his sovereign or judge<br> <b>determines</b> it for him, the status of this clerk, altho innocent, is, from the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxxi our status.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/nature_and_grace/article_four_whether_privation_of.htm"><span class="l">Whether Privation of Mode, Species, and Order is the Effect of Sin</span></a> <br><b>...</b> because it exists. Every being and every good is conceived according to<br> some form, and its form <b>determines</b> its species. Now the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article four whether privation of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/nature_and_grace/article_seven_whether_the_number.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Number of the Predestined is Certain</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 2. Again, no reason can be given why God should preordain any one number to salvation<br> rather than any other. Now God <b>determines</b> nothing without a reason. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article seven whether the number.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/d/determines.htm"><span class="l"><b>Determines</b> (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Determines</b> (5 Occurrences). <b>...</b> Everyone to whom mention is made of it will be afraid,<br> because of the plans of Yahweh of Armies, which he <b>determines</b> against it. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/determines.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/charity.htm"><span class="l">Charity (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Corinthians 13) it is set forth as an innermost principle contrasted with prophecy<br> and knowledge, faith and works, as the motive that <b>determines</b> the quality <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/charity.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/archaeology.htm"><span class="l">Archaeology</span></a><br><b>...</b> Driver (Authority and Archaeology, 143-50), thinks "testimony of archaeology sometimes<br><b>determines</b> the question decisively," but is "often strangely <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/archaeology.htm - 61k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/criticism.htm"><span class="l">Criticism (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Driver (Authority and Archaeology, 143-50), thinks "testimony of archaeology sometimes<br><b>determines</b> the question decisively," but is "often strangely <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/criticism.htm - 101k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/foreknow.htm"><span class="l">Foreknow (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It was supposed either that God voluntarily <b>determines</b> not to foresee the free<br> volitions of man, or else that since God's omniscience is simply the knowledge <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/foreknow.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/foreknowledge.htm"><span class="l">Foreknowledge (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It was supposed either that God voluntarily <b>determines</b> not to foresee the free<br> volitions of man, or else that since God's omniscience is simply the knowledge <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/foreknowledge.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/q/quantity.htm"><span class="l">Quantity (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (n.) The measure of a syllable; that which <b>determines</b> the time in which it is<br> pronounced; as, the long or short quantity of a vowel or syllable. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/q/quantity.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/justice.htm"><span class="l">Justice (212 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> "He cannot deny himself" (2 Timothy 2:13). His essential and eternal righteousness<br> immutably <b>determines</b> him to visit every sin as such with merited punishment. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/justice.htm - 46k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/last.htm"><span class="l">Last (1087 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> the Last Judgment is an act in which God interposes directly into human history,<br> brings the course of this world to a final close, <b>determines</b> the eternal fate <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/last.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/grain.htm"><span class="l">Grain (413 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. (n.) The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles<br> of any body which <b>determines</b> its comparative roughness or hardness; texture <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/grain.htm - 39k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/look-at-a-woman.html">Is it a sin to look at a woman's body? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Armenian-Orthodox-Church.html">What is the Armenian Orthodox Church? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/finding-God.html">Why are there times in my life when finding God is so difficult? | 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">Determines (5 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/12-11.htm">1 Corinthians 12:11</a></span><br />and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Hebrews 4:7</a></span><br />again he <span class="boldtext">determines</span> a certain day, saying, in David, 'To-day,' after so long a time; (according as it has been said before), To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/147-4.htm">Psalms 147:4</a></span><br />He sees the number of the stars; he gives them all their names. <br /><span class="source">(See RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/16-9.htm">Proverbs 16:9</a></span><br />A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/19-17.htm">Isaiah 19:17</a></span><br />The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt. 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