Bible Dictionary: Cowardly

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.

2. (a.) Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity.

3. (adv.) In the manner of a coward.

Greek

1169. deilos -- cowardly, fearful
... cowardly, fearful. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: deilos Phonetic Spelling:
(di-los') Short Definition: cowardly, timid Definition: cowardly, timid ...
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1168. deiliao -- to be cowardly
... to be cowardly. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: deiliao Phonetic Spelling:
(di-lee-ah'-o) Short Definition: I shrink, am fearful Definition: I shrink, am ...
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Library

Wellington and the Soldier
... Sometimes it is more cowardly to do a dangerous thing like that than not to
do it. ... It is cowardly to run away if you ought to face them. ...
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Strong Christians.
... Ephesians 6:10. "My brethren, be strong in the Lord,". A weak and cowardly soldier
is a pitiful object, but a weak-kneed, cowardly Christian is still more so. ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon lvi strong christians.htm

Bourdaloue -- the Passion of Christ
... A divine Savior betrayed and abandoned by cowardly disciples, persecuted by pontiffs
and hypocritical priests, ridiculed and mocked in the palace of Herod by ...
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Impressive Phrases
... barbarous, brutal, inhuman, and cruel. base, cowardly, abject, and hideous. ... copious,
commanding, sonorous, and emotional. cowardly, timid, shrinking, and timorous ...
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Objections from the Revelation and the First Epistle of St. John ...
... In short, this Apocalypse, in its later passages, has assigned "the infamous and
fornicators," as well as "the cowardly, and unbelieving, and murderers, and ...
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B. The Question as to Authority. Ch. 20:1-8
... So they tried to escape by cowardly replying that they did not know. Agnosticism
is usually cowardly and deserving of little respect. ...
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Fearlessness.
... We recall that he was so cowardly that he denied his Lord on the spot, swearing
that he did not know Him. Behold this same Peter on the day of Pentecost. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/rees/the heart-cry of jesus/chapter vi fearlessness.htm

Peter's Denial and Repentance.
... emotion and affection. It was a cowardly lie, even more cowardly than common
lies, and yet he was exceptionally bold. Peter himself ...
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Joseph Attacked by the Archers
... Though all weapons are alike approved by the warrior in his thirst for blood, there
seems something more cowardly in the attack of the archer than in that of ...
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Joseph and Nicodemus
... came now, when they must have known that it was too late, to lavish honour and tears
on the corpse of the Master whom they had been too cowardly to acknowledge ...
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Thesaurus

Cowardly (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward;
dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity. ...Cowardly (1 Occurrence). ...
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Jackal (3 Occurrences)
... They are cowardly, nocturnal, and gregarious. They feed largely on carrion, and
are noted for their piercing and dismal howling. ... It is cowardly and nocturnal. ...
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Faint (76 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly;
dejected; depressed; as, Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. ...
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Hyena
... (n.) Any carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which three living
species are known. They are large and strong, but cowardly. ...
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Liars (14 Occurrences)
... Revelation 21:8 But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers,
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the ...
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Immoral (16 Occurrences)
... Revelation 21:8 But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers,
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the ...
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Idolaters (5 Occurrences)
... Revelation 21:8 But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers,
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the ...
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Flee (187 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vi) To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in
an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. ...
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Fiery (47 Occurrences)
... Revelation 21:8 But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers,
sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the ...
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Fainthearted (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily
discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Bible Concordance

Cowardly (1 Occurrence)

Revelation 21:8 But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."
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Subtopics

Cowardly

Related Terms

Jackal (3 Occurrences)

Faint (76 Occurrences)

Hyena

Liars (14 Occurrences)

Immoral (16 Occurrences)

Idolaters (5 Occurrences)

Flee (187 Occurrences)

Fiery (47 Occurrences)

Fainthearted (7 Occurrences)