Bible Dictionary: Deformity

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Lack of proper form or symmetry; distortion; any unnatural form or shape; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness.

2. (a.) Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character.

Greek

808. aschemosune -- unseemliness
... Cognate: 808 (from 1 "without" and 4976 , "form") -- properly, deformity (improperly
fashioned); (figuratively) improper behavior that fails to fulfill the ...
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Library

That all Bodily Blemishes which Mar Human Beauty in this Life ...
... Once it is understood that no part of the body shall so perish as to produce deformity
in the body, it is at the same time understood that such things as would ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 19 that all bodily blemishes.htm

Whether a Circumstance Can Make a Venial Sin to be Mortal?
... This happens in sins when a circumstance adds the deformity of another genus; thus
when a man has knowledge of another woman than his wife, the deformity of ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a circumstance can make.htm

Whether the Bodies of the Damned Will Rise Again with their ...
... But such are their deformities. Therefore, etc. Objection 3: Further, just as deformity
is a defect of the passible body, so is slowness of movement. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the bodies of the 2.htm

Whether Adultery is Determinate Species of Lust, Distinct from the ...
... Objection 3: Further, where there is the same kind of deformity, there
would seem to be the same species of sin. Now, apparently ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether adultery is determinate species.htm

Whether Contrition Should be on Account of Original Sin?
... For we ought to be contrite on account of actual sin; not by reason of the act,
considered as a kind of being, but by reason of its deformity, since the act ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether contrition should be on.htm

Whether Unformed Faith is a Gift of God
... On the second point: as we said in Pt. I, Q.48, Art.1, ad 2, and in 12ae, Q.71,
Art.6, the deformity of an act belongs to its specific nature as a moral act. ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article two whether unformed faith.htm

Whether Seduction Should be Reckoned a Species of Lust?
... lust. I answer that, When the matter of a vice has a special deformity,
we must reckon it to be a determinate species of that vice. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether seduction should be reckoned.htm

Whether Lifeless Faith is a Gift of God?
... Reply to Objection 2: The deformity of an act is essential to the act's species,
considered as a moral act, as stated above ([2350]FP, Q[48], A[1], ad 2; [2351 ...
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section ii.
... I hold there is a general beauty in the works of God, and therefore no
deformity in any kind or species of creature whatsoever. ...
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Whether Sacrilege is a Special Sin?
... I answer that, Wherever we find a special aspect of deformity, there must needs
be a special sin; because the species of a thing is derived chiefly from its ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether sacrilege is a special.htm

Thesaurus

Deformity (2 Occurrences)
... that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation
from order or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice ...
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Deformed (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Deform. 2. (a.) Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity;
misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head. ...
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Blemish (71 Occurrences)
... Imperfection or bodily deformity excluding men from the priesthood, and rendering
animals unfit to be offered in sacrifice (Leviticus 21:17-23; 22:19-25). ...
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Nose (23 Occurrences)
... (charum; Septuagint koloborin): Used only in Leviticus 21:18 as the name of a deformity
which disqualified a member of a priestly family for serving the altar. ...
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Flat (33 Occurrences)
... (charum; Septuagint koloborin): Used only in Leviticus 21:18 as the name of a deformity
which disqualified a member of a priestly family for serving the altar. ...
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Defraud (11 Occurrences)

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Votive (13 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 22:23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his
parts, that you may offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not ...
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Overgrown (5 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 22:23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his
parts, that you may offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not ...
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Leprosy (51 Occurrences)
... edges. These are often followed by an eruption of dark or yellowish prominent
nodules, frequently producing great deformity. In ...
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Freewill (27 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 22:23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his
parts, that you may offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not ...
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Bible Concordance

Deformity (2 Occurrences)

Leviticus 21:18 For whatever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,
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Leviticus 22:23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
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Subtopics

Deformity

Related Terms

Deformed (3 Occurrences)

Blemish (71 Occurrences)

Nose (23 Occurrences)

Flat (33 Occurrences)

Defraud (11 Occurrences)

Votive (13 Occurrences)

Overgrown (5 Occurrences)

Leprosy (51 Occurrences)

Freewill (27 Occurrences)