inbeing

noun — 4 senses

inbeing

noun

Etymology From in- + being. Compare Old English onwist (“habitation”), Dutch aanwezigheid (“presence, existence”).

1

The fact or state of being in; existence in something else.

2

Inherence; inherent existence; indwelling; immanence.

  • This is not spoken concerning the union, the inbeing, or indwelling of any distinct divine nature of Christ1746, Isaac Watts, Useful and Important Questions Concerning Jesus the Son of God Freely Proposed: With a Humble Attempt to Answer Them According to Scripture:
3

Inward or essential nature; that which a thing is in itself.

4

Obsolete An indwelling being.

Applied to the persons of the Trinity

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