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Is used to designate any action or word or thing as reckoned to a person. Thus in doctrinal language (1) the sin of Adam is imputed to all his descendants, i.e., it is reckoned as theirs, and they are dealt with therefore as guilty; (2) the righteousness of Christ is imputed to them that believe in him, or so attributed to them as to be considered their own; and (3) our sins are imputed to ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary - Imputation. Imputation. is used to designate any action or word or thing as reckoned to a person. Thus in doctrinal language (1) the sin of Adam is imputed to all his descendants, i.e., it is reckoned as theirs, and they are dealt with therefore as guilty; (2) the righteousness of Christ is imputed to them that ...
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IMPUTE, IMPUTATION. The word “impute,” the most important theological meaning of the Heb. verb חָשַׁב, H3108, and the Gr. verb λογίζομαι, G3357, signifies setting to one’s account, or reckoning something to a person. The words are given the latter sense in the RSV. It is said in Genesis 15:6 that God reckoned ...
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Imputation. Setting to someone's account or reckoning something to another person. God reckoned righteousness to believing Abraham ( Genesis 15:16 ). This means that God credited to Abraham that which he did not have in himself ( Romans 4:3-5 ). This does not mean that God accepted Abraham's faith instead of righteousness as an accomplishment ...
Aug 31, 2015 · In the juridical and theological sense of the word, to impute is to attribute anything to a person or persons, upon adequate grounds, as the judicial or meritorious reason of reward or punishment, i.e., of the bestowment of good or the infliction of evil. …. To impute is to reckon to, or to lay to one’s account.