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Sluggish

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Bible Concordance

Hebrews 6:12 that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Thesaurus

Sluggish (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (a.) Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.
2. (a.) Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream. ...
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Dull (16 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish;
blockish. 2. (superl.) Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward. ...
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Sluggard (14 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Sluggish; lazy. Int. ... The root meaning of ['atsel] is "to be sluggish," "stupid."
The English word "slug" is said to be "allied to slack" (Webster). ...
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Slow (43 Occurrences)
... gradual; late. 4. (superl.) Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish;
as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue. 5. (superl ...
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Sullen (4 Occurrences)
... 5. (a.) Obstinate; intractable. 6. (a.) Heavy; dull; sluggish. ... 9. (vt) To make sullen
or sluggish. Multi-Version Concordance Sullen (4 Occurrences). ...
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Kishon (6 Occurrences)
... From Sa`adiyeh it flows in a deep sluggish stream through the marsh-land to the
sea near Chaifa. In this part the crocodile is said to have been seen at times. ...
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Leaden (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Like lead in color, etc. ; as, a leaden sky. 3. (a.) Heavy; dull;
sluggish. Multi-Version Concordance Leaden (2 Occurrences). ...
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Lazy (10 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking
work. 2. (superl.) Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. ...
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Imitators (8 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 6:12 that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith
and patience inherited the promises. (WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV). ...
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Inherited (23 Occurrences)
... (WEB ASV NAS NIV). Hebrews 6:12 that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those
who through faith and patience inherited the promises. (WEB). ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive; as, a sluggish man.

2. (a.) Slow; having little motion; as, a sluggish stream.

3. (a.) Having no power to move one's self or itself; inert.

4. (a.) Characteristic of a sluggard; dull; stupid; tame; simple.

Greek

3576. nothros -- sluggish, slothful
... sluggish, slothful. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: nothros Phonetic
Spelling: (no-thros') Short Definition: dull, sluggish Definition: blunt, dull ...
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988. blasphemia -- slander
... Cognate: 988 (from , "sluggish/slow," and 5345 , "reputation, fame") -- - literally,
slow (sluggish) to call something (that ) -- and slow to identify what is ...
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987. blasphemeo -- to slander, hence to speak lightly or profanely ...
... 987 (from , "sluggish, slow" and 5345 , "reputation, fame") -- properly, to acknowledge
good (worthy of respect, veneration); hence, to which moral values. ...
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917. bareos -- heavily
... Cognate: 917 -- properly, heavily; (figuratively) , and disinterested listening,
ie done in a sluggish (unperceptive) fashion. See 922 (). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6102. atsel -- sluggish, lazy
... 6101, 6102. atsel. 6103 . sluggish, lazy. Transliteration: atsel Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-tsale') Short Definition: sluggard. Word ...
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6101. atsel -- to be sluggish
... to be sluggish. Transliteration: atsel Phonetic Spelling: (aw-tsal') Short Definition:
delay. ... root Definition to be sluggish NASB Word Usage delay (1). ...
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6313. pug -- to grow numb
... cease, be feeble, faint, be slacked. A primitive root; to be sluggish -- cease,
be feeble, faint, be slacked. 6312, 6313. pug. 6314 . Strong's Numbers.
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1679. dobe -- perhaps rest
... strength. From an unused root (compare dabab) (probably meaning to be sluggish,
ie Restful); quiet -- strength. see HEBREW dabab. 1678, 1679. dobe. 1680 . ...
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Library

Christ Stimulating Sluggish Discipleship
... ST. MATTHEW Chaps. I to VIII CHRIST STIMULATING SLUGGISH DISCIPLESHIP.
'And another of His disciples said unto Him, Lord, suffer ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture a/christ stimulating sluggish discipleship.htm

1 Thessalonians v. 1, 2
... For if any of the young knew that before he reached old age, he should meet his
end, as the most sluggish of wild beasts, when they are taken, become still ...
/.../homily ix 1 thessalonians v.htm

The Impossibility of Failure.
... And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness
of hope even to the end: that ye be not sluggish, but imitators of them who ...
/.../chapter vi the impossibility of.htm

Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity Duty to New and Old Man.
... For although the Spirit truly is present and, as Christ says, willing and effective
in those that believe, on the other hand the flesh is weak and sluggish. ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/nineteenth sunday after trinity duty.htm

A Caution against Various Temptations, by which the Young Convert ...
... xvi.) are broken through."2. Particular cautions"against a sluggish and indolent
temper."3. Against the excessive love of sensitive pleasure."4 ...
/.../the rise and progress of religion in the soul/chapter xxi a caution against.htm

Chapter ix.
... for what is the real state of the case, that He may make you know: just as we speak
of a joyful day, because it makes us joyful; of a sluggish frost, because ...
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John Chapter ii. 23-25; iii. 5-Jan
... But let us observe all the words what they imply, that here the sluggish may find
with what earnestness they must haste to put off their burden. ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate xi john chapter ii.htm

Complaining of Spiritual Sloth.
... Complaining of spiritual sloth. 1 My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so? Awake, my sluggish
soul! ... 5 Lord, shall we lie so sluggish still, And never act our parts? ...
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Letter ix. (AD 389. )
... We know that this is patent even to our senses, dull and sluggish though they are,
when the movements of the mind are somewhat vehement, as when we are angry ...
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Complaining of Spiritual Sloth.
... My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so? Awake, my sluggish soul! Nothing has half thy
work to do,. ... He purchased with his blood! Lord, shall we lie so sluggish still,. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/hymn 25 complaining of spiritual.htm

Subtopics

Sluggish

Related Terms

Dull (16 Occurrences)

Sluggard (14 Occurrences)

Slow (43 Occurrences)

Sullen (4 Occurrences)

Kishon (6 Occurrences)

Leaden (2 Occurrences)

Lazy (10 Occurrences)

Imitators (8 Occurrences)

Inherited (23 Occurrences)