Bible Dictionary: Depression

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of depressing.

2. (n.) The state of being depressed; a sinking.

3. (n.) A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.

4. (n.) Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.

5. (n.) Dejection; despondency; lowness.

6. (n.) Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.

7. (n.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.

8. (n.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.

9. (n.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.

Greek

5014. tapeinosis -- low estate, humiliation
... humiliation, low estate. From tapeinoo; depression (in rank or feeling) --
humiliation, be made low, low estate, vile. see GREEK tapeinoo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8258. sheqaarurah -- depression, hollow
... depression, hollow. Transliteration: sheqaarurah Phonetic Spelling: (shek-ah-roo-
raw') Short Definition: depressions. ... From shaqa'; a depression -- hollow strake. ...
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991. Beten -- "depression," a city in Asher
... 990, 991. Beten. 992 . "depression," a city in Asher. Transliteration:
Beten Phonetic Spelling: (beh'-ten) Short Definition: Beten. ...
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1026. Beth Haarabah -- "place of the depression," a place near the ...
... "place of the depression," a place near the Dead Sea. Transliteration: Beth Haarabah
Phonetic Spelling: (bayth haw-ar-aw-baw) Short Definition: Beth-arabah. ...
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6040. oniy -- affliction, poverty
... affliction, poverty. Transliteration: oniy Phonetic Spelling: (on-ee') Short Definition:
misery. depression, Misery From anah; depression, ie Misery: ...
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4618. maanah -- a field for plowing
... furrow. From anah, in the sense of depression or tilling; a furrow -- + acre, furrow.
see HEBREW anah. 4617, 4618. maanah. 4619 . Strong's Numbers.
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6010. emeq -- a vale
... dale, vale, valley often used as a part of proper names. From amaq; a vale (ie Broad
depression) -- dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). ...
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8218. shiphlah -- humiliation
... Word Origin from shaphel Definition humiliation NASB Word Usage utterly (1). low
place. Feminine of shephel; depression -- low place. see HEBREW shephel. ...
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8424. tugah -- grief
... Tubal-cain. From yagah; depression (of spirits); concretely a grief -- heaviness,
sorrow. see HEBREW yagah. 8423, 8424. tugah. 8425 . Strong's Numbers.
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4601. Maakah -- an Israelite name, also a non-Isr. name, also a ...
... 13:13) {mah-ak-awth'}; from ma'ak; depression; Maakah (or Maakath), the name of
a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and of four ...
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Library

Letter xx. --Depression under Trials.
... Letter XX."Depression under Trials. To the same Sister (1738). On depression
during trials, distractions and resentment. 1st. ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/letter xx depression under trials.htm

Whether the Effect of Sorrow or Pain is to Burden the Soul?
... Therefore depression is not an effect of sorrow. ... But the effect of pleasure is expansion:
the opposite of which is not depression but contraction. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the effect of sorrow.htm

The Mediaeval History of Continental Churches
... and the native Christians of Abyssinia appear to have preserved the Apostolic
Succession, but both these Churches are in a state of great depression, and the ...
/.../a key to the knowledge of church history/chapter xi the mediaeval history.htm

"The Great Awakening. "
... in New England and that became known as the "Great Awakening." History in all times
and countries shows a periodicity of religious activity and depression. ...
/.../chapter ix the great awakening.htm

The Sorrowful Man's Question
... joyous ones, and just seek after those who have no such delight as you now possess;
but who are, on the contrary, suffering from extreme depression of spirit. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 46 1900/the sorrowful mans question.htm

Letter x. The Preservation of Health.
... The one acts upon the other. Depression of spirits enfeebles all the animal powers;
and particularly disturbs digestion, thereby deranging the whole system. ...
/.../letter x the preservation of.htm

The Gethsemane Prayer
... way. The super-incumbent load of the world's sin is upon Him. The lowest
point of His depression has been reached. The bitterest ...
/.../bounds/the reality of prayer/xii the gethsemane prayer.htm

Early Afflictions
... After having a spasm my mind was greatly afflicted with melancholy and depression. ...
My suffering was greatly increased by melancholy and mental depression. ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter ii early afflictions.htm

A Stanza of Deliverance
... Egypt may very fairly represent those states of sorrow and sadness, depression
and oppression, into which God's people come far too frequently. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/a stanza of deliverance.htm

What the Redbird Told Me
... Many times I have been sorely pressed down in spirit, but I have found that I can
act cheerfully and talk cheerfully even in the midst of depression, and that ...
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Thesaurus

Depression (1 Occurrence)
... equations. 9. (n.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch,
vt, 8. Multi-Version Concordance Depression (1 Occurrence). 2 ...
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Features (3 Occurrences)
... The Arabah (Revised Version) includes the Jordan valley from the Sea of Galilee
to the Dead Sea, as well as the depression running from the Dead Sea to the ...
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Arabah (32 Occurrences)
... It denotes the hollow depression through which the Jordan flows from the Lake of
Galilee to the Dead Sea. It is now called by the Arabs el-Ghor. ...
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Revive (31 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression;
as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century. ...
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Edomites (22 Occurrences)
... land called es-Sebkha; then, beyond the line of white cliffs that crosses the valley
diagonally from Northwest to Southeast, a broad depression strewn with ...
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Mad (22 Occurrences)
... self-conscious young man, became, on his exaltation to the kingship, puffed up with
a megalomania, alternating with fits of black depression with homicidal ...
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Madness (13 Occurrences)
... self-conscious young man, became, on his exaltation to the kingship, puffed up with
a megalomania, alternating with fits of black depression with homicidal ...
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Pit (110 Occurrences)
... Also used figuratively. 7. (n.) A depression or hollow in the surface of the human
body. ... 14. (n.) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct. 15. ...
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Elamites (2 Occurrences)
... Semitic Elam. 2. Surface Configuration: Elam consisted of a plain occupying
a depression in the mountains of Iran or Persia. Of this ...
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Edom (108 Occurrences)
... land called es-Sebkha; then, beyond the line of white cliffs that crosses the valley
diagonally from Northwest to Southeast, a broad depression strewn with ...
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Bible Concordance

Depression (1 Occurrence)

2 Corinthians 2:4 For with many tears I write to you, and in deep suffering and depression of spirit, not in order to grieve you, but in the hope of showing you how brimful my heart is with love for you.
(WEY)

Subtopics

Depression

Related Terms

Features (3 Occurrences)

Arabah (32 Occurrences)

Revive (31 Occurrences)

Edomites (22 Occurrences)

Mad (22 Occurrences)

Madness (13 Occurrences)

Pit (110 Occurrences)

Elamites (2 Occurrences)

Edom (108 Occurrences)