(a.) Highly pleasing to the taste or senses; delightful.DELECTABLE

de-lek'-ta-bl (chamadh, "to desire"): Found only in Isaiah 44:9, King James Version: "Their delectable things shall not profit," the King James Version margin"desirable." the American Standard Revised Version translates: "the things that they delight in." The reference is to idols or images. Delitzsch renders the phrase: "Their darlings are good for nothing." The word may be traced back to the Latin delectabilis, "pleasant," or "delightful."

2530. chamad -- to desire, take pleasure in
... beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, great delight, desire,
lust,. A primitive root; to delight in -- beauty, greatly ...
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The Delectable Day
... THE DELECTABLE DAY. The boy on the famous ... the air. Ah, God! a poor soul can
but thank Thee For such a delectable day! Though the fury ...
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After Eutropius Having Been Found Outside the Church had Been ...
... captive. 1. Delectable indeed are the meadow, and the garden, but far more
delectable the study of the divine writings. For there ...
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Whether it is Fitting that those who Fast Should be Bidden to ...
... Objection 2: Further, some fish are as delectable to eat as the flesh of certain
animals. Now "concupiscence is desire of the delectable ...
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Andromeda and Other Poems
... 'QU'EST QU'IL DIT' {330}. THE LEGEND OF LA BREA {331a}. HYMN {338}. THE DELECTABLE
DAY. JUVENTUS MUNDI. VALENTINE'S DAY. BALLAD: LORRAINE, LORRAINE, LORREE. ...
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Christ is to be Loved
... word, which is often translated "desires," means "to earnestly desire, covet, or
long after that which is most pleasant, graceful, delectable and admirable ...
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Jesus Only
... The best thing after all for Peter, was not the excessive strain of the transfiguration,
nor the delectable company of the two great spirits who appeared with ...
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Why they Leave Us
... of faith we may be caught up into Paradise, and there utter words which are beyond
the latitude of earth, and are dated "from the Delectable Mountains.". ...
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Gregory Disallows any Attainment of the virtues on his Part. Piety ...
... of which in truth was shown to us by him; and for prudence, which is worthy of being
sought by all; and for the true wisdom, which is most delectable; and for ...
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Three Degrees of Love I Shall Tell Thee, for I Would that Thou ...
... puttest it in the fire. But that fire, if it be hot, is so delectable and
so wonderful, that I cannot tell it. Then, thy soul is ...
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Two Lives There are that Christian Men Live. ...
... Contemplative life is largely inward, therefore it is more enduring and more certain,
restfuller, more delectable, lovelier and more rewarding. ...
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Delectable (2 Occurrences)
... (a.) Highly pleasing to the taste or senses; delightful. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. DELECTABLE. ... Multi-Version Concordance Delectable (2 Occurrences). ...
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Delays (2 Occurrences)

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Delegates (1 Occurrence)

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Graven (61 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable
things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not ...
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Vanity (100 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable
things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not ...
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Ashamed (131 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable
things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not ...
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Delectable (2 Occurrences)

Song of Songs 7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
(See RSV)

Isaiah 44:9 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS)

Delectable

Delays (2 Occurrences)

Delegates (1 Occurrence)

Graven (61 Occurrences)

Vanity (100 Occurrences)

Ashamed (131 Occurrences)

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