King James Bible Dictionary

LIV'ING, participle present tense [from live.]

1. Dwelling; residing; existing; subsisting; having life or the vital functions in operation; not dead.

2. adjective Issuing continually from the earth; running; flowing; as a living spring or fountain; opposed to stagnant.

3. adjective Producing action, animation and vigor; quickening; as a living principle; a living faith.

LIV'ING, noun He or those who are alive; usually with a plural signification; as in the land of the living

The living will lay it to his heart. Ecclesiastes 7:2.

LIV'ING, noun

1. Means of subsistence; estate.

He divided to them his living Luke 15:12.

She of her want, did cast in all that she had, even all her living Mark 12:44.

2. Power of continuing life. There is no living with a scold.

There is no living without trusting some body or other in some cases.

3. Livelihood. He made a living by his occupation. The woman spins for a living

4. The benefice of a clergyman. He lost his living by non-conformity.

As represented by Ezekiel (1-10) and John (Revelation 4, etc.), are the cherubim. They are distinguished from angels (Revelation 15:7); they join the elders in the "new song" (5:8, 9); they warn of danger from divine justice (Isaiah 6:3-5), and deliver the commission to those who execute it (Ezekiel 10:2, 7); they associate with the elders in their sympathy with the hundred and forty-four thousand who sing the new song (Revelation 14:3), and with the Church in the overthrow of her enemies (19:4).

They are supposed to represent mercy, as distinguished from justice, mercy in its various instrumentalities, and especially as connected with the throne of God, the "throne of grace."

LIV'INGLY, adverb In a living state.

Livonica terra, a species of fine bole found in Livonia, brought to market in little cakes.