| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Able to express strong emotions or forcible arguments in an impassioned, effective manner; as, an eloquent speaker or preacher. 2. (a.) Adapted to express strong emotion or to state facts arguments with fluency and power; as, an eloquent address or statement; an eloquent appeal to a jury. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ELOQUENT el'-o-kwent:
"Moses said. I am not eloquent" ('ish debharim, "a man of words" (Exodus 4:10)); but Aaron could "speak well." In Isaiah 3:3 the Revised Version (British and American) bin, "intelligent," is rendered "skilful (enchanter)," the King James Version "eloquent (orator)." Apollos was "an eloquent man" (logios, "full of words" (Acts 18:24, the King James Version margin, "a learned man")). |  | Multi-Version Concordance Eloquent (4 Occurrences) Acts 18:24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV) 1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News-not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn't be made void. (See RSV) Exodus 4:10 Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 3:3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. (KJV WBS) |