MOTIVE

MOTIVE. → Ascribed to God Ps 106:8; Eze 36:21,22,32 → Right, required Mt 6:1-18 → Sinful, illustrated by Cain Ge 4:7; 1Jo 3:12 → MISUNDERSTOOD .The tribes of Reuben and Gad, in asking for their inheritance east of the Jordan River Nu 32:1-33
* When they built the memorial Jos 22:9-34
* David's, by King Hanun 2Sa 10:2,3; 1Ch 19:3,4
* The king of Syria's, in sending presents to the king of Israel by Naaman 2Ki 5:5-7
* Job's, in his righteousness Job 1:9-11; 2:4,5

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motive. Motive, n. the reason of action; a. moving

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Mo″tive (?), n. [[F. motif, LL. motivum, from motivus moving, fr. L. movere, motum, to move. See Move.]] 1. 1. That which moves; a mover. Shak.
2. 2. That which incites to action; anything prompting or exciting to choise, or moving the will; cause; reason; inducement; object.
By motive, I mean the whole of that which moves, excites, or invites the mind to volition, whether that be one thing singly, or many things conjunctively. J. Edwards. 3. 3. (Mus.) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading. [Written also motivo.]
4. 4. (Fine Arts) That which produces conception, invention, or creation in the mind of the artist in undertaking his subject; the guiding or controlling idea manifested in a work of art, or any part of one.
Syn. — Incentive; incitement; inducement; reason; spur; stimulus; cause. — Motive, Inducement, Reason. Motive is the word originally used in speaking of that which determines the choice. We call it an inducement when it is attractive in its nature. We call it a reason when it is more immediately addressed to the intellect in the form of argument.