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The Hebrew language has 8 words which are thus translated: yaÌ„shabh, naÌ„hÌ£ath,‛aÌ„madh, shaÌ„kÌ£at, taÌ„bha‛, naÌ„cabh, maÌ„kÌ£oÌ„m, kÌ£aÌ„phaÌ„'. Now the meaning is to settle down, to cause to occur ( the King James Version; ); then it denotes fixedness (; ; ); again it points to a condition of absolute quiescence, as the settlings on the lees (); and in still another place it means packing solidly together (). In the New Testament the words ἑδÏαῖος, hedraıÌos, θεμελιοÌω, themelioÌoÌ„, and τιÌθημι, tıÌtheÌ„mi, have been translated “settle.†the Revised Version (British and American) in has translated “establish,†and the context unquestionably points to the idea of a fixed establishment in the faith. In the word translated “settle†evidently points to a fixed determination.