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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Contemptible; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

Greek

4767. stugetos -- hateful
... 3:3). 4767 ("despicable, detestable") describes people who good things,
ie find them abhorrent (loathsome). [4767() describes what ...
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4027. perikatharma -- that which is cleaned off, refuse
... 4027 ("rubbish") describes someone as "the filth of the world, representing 'the
most abject and despicable men' (Grimm-Thayer) -- the scum or rubbish of ...
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Strong's Hebrew

959. bazah -- to despise
... root Definition to despise NASB Word Usage careless (1), contempt (1), despicable
(1), despise (5), despised (32), despises (2), disdained (1), disdained* (1). ...
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Library

Barabbas
... divine; yet it is certain that they elected this man on the whole because of the
two he had more points in common with them, this poor despicable and very ...
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Whether Twelve Degrees of Humility are Fittingly Distinguished in ...
... Again there are some that seem to involve a false opinion"-and this is inconsistent
with any virtue"-namely to declare oneself more despicable than all men ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether twelve degrees of humility.htm

Impressive Phrases
... desperate, extreme, wreckless, and irremediable. despicable, abject, servile, and
worthless. ... ignominious, infamous, despicable, and contemptible. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section iv impressive phrases.htm

Galatians Chapter vi.
... He aimed at the great benefits of humility and love, and that those who were under
teaching might not be ashamed of Teachers who were in appearance despicable? ...
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Recommendation.
... he knew not what he knew, he was ignorant as a beast of the life and lustre of those
things which he knew in the letter; nothing seemed more despicable to him ...
/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/recommendation.htm

Of Atheistical Discourse.
... I Begin with those which relate to God, this poor despicable member the tongue being
of such a gigantic insolence, though not size, as even to make war with ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section iii of atheistical discourse.htm

The Fruitless vine
... care is bestowed in its training; but leave the vine to itself, and consider it
apart from its fruitfulness, it is the most insignificant and despicable of all ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/the fruitless vine.htm

Loyal to the Core
... it for their own nourishment. Sad that men should ever degrade themselves
to such despicable meanness! While you can help yourselves ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 26 1880/loyal to the core.htm

A Leap Year Sermon *
... Those who are acquainted with the Greek tongue know what a despicable term Paul
here applied to himself,"as though he was scarcely a man at all,"at any rate ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 46 1900/a leap year sermon .htm

Theophilus.
... their immoralities, 91. absurdities of their worship, 92. their images, 94. despicable
when made, 94. valuable when purchased, 94. what has become of them, 94. ...
/.../clement/who is the rich man that shall be saved/theophilus.htm

Thesaurus

Despicable (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Contemptible; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man;
despicable company; a despicable gift. ...Despicable (5 Occurrences). ...
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Vile (59 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable. ... Ordinarily, however, the idea
of contemptible, despicable, is read into the word. William Evans. ...
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Villany (4 Occurrences)
... vil, vil'-an-i: The original words for "vile" and "villany" are used in about 10
different senses, eg despised (1 Samuel 15:9), despicable (Daniel 11:21 the ...
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Abject (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (a.) Utterly hopeless; miserable; sunk to a low condition; as, abject poverty;
down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; groveling; despicable; as, abject ...
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Kingship (17 Occurrences)
... Daniel 11:21 And stood up on his station hath a despicable one, and they have not
given unto him the honour of the kingdom, and he hath come in quietly, and ...
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Wretched (14 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a
wretched cabin. 3. (a.) Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked. ...
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Wretchedness (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Utter misery or unhappiness. 2. (n.) A wretched
object; anything despicable. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Foolish (259 Occurrences)
... foolish act. 3. (a.) Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible.
Multi-Version Concordance Foolish (259 Occurrences). Matthew 5 ...
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Desperately (2 Occurrences)

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Miserable (11 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Causing unhappiness or misery. 3. (a.) Worthless; mean; despicable; as,
a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner. 4. (a.) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. ...
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Bible Concordance

Despicable (5 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 10:10 because the letters indeed -- saith one -- 'are' weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 25:3 With forty stripes shall they beat him; they shall not exceed, lest, if they continue to beat him with many stripes above these, thy brother become despicable in thine eyes.
(DBY)

Daniel 11:21 And stood up on his station hath a despicable one, and they have not given unto him the honour of the kingdom, and he hath come in quietly, and hath strengthened the kingdom by flatteries.
(YLT NAS)

Malachi 1:7 Ye are bringing nigh on Mine altar polluted bread, And ye have said: 'In what have we polluted Thee?' In your saying: 'The table of Jehovah -- it 'is' despicable,'
(YLT)

Malachi 1:12 And ye are polluting it in your saying, 'The table of Jehovah -- it is polluted, As to its fruit -- despicable is its food.'
(YLT)

Subtopics

Despicable

Related Terms

Vile (59 Occurrences)

Villany (4 Occurrences)

Abject (1 Occurrence)

Kingship (17 Occurrences)

Wretched (14 Occurrences)

Wretchedness (1 Occurrence)

Foolish (259 Occurrences)

Desperately (2 Occurrences)