Diligence

Usually translated “earnestness”, “haste” and “diligence”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• earnestness 7
• haste 2
• diligence 2
• in diligence 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• 2 Corinthians 5
• Romans 2
• Mark 1
• Luke 1
• Hebrews 1
• 2 Peter 1

7 books in all.

• Jude 1:3In contextBeloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
• Mark 6:25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
• Luke 1:39And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
• Romans 12:8Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
• Romans 12:11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
• 2 Corinthians 7:11For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “diligence” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.