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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (superl.) Not bright or distinct; wanting luminousness or clearness; obscure in luster or sound; dusky; darkish; obscure; indistinct; overcast; tarnished.

2. (superl.) Dull of apprehension; of weak perception; obtuse.

3. (v. t.) To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse.

4. (v. t.) To deprive of distinct vision; to hinder from seeing clearly, either by dazzling or clouding the eyes; to darken the senses or understanding of.

5. (v. i.) To grow dim.

Greek

4547. sandalion -- a sandal
... a sandal. Word Origin dim. of sandalon (a wooden sole, sandal) Definition
a sandal NASB Word Usage sandals (2). sandal. Neuter of ...
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4252. Priskilla -- Priscilla, the same person as Prisca.
... Aquila. Word Origin dim. of Priska (indicating endearment) Definition
Priscilla, the same person as Prisca. Priscilla. Diminutive ...
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3608. othonion -- a piece of fine linen
... wrapping. Word Origin dim. of othone Definition a piece of fine linen NASB
Word Usage linen wrappings (5). linen clothes. Neuter ...
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2777. kephalis -- a little head, a roll
... a book). Word Origin dim. of kephale Definition a little head, a roll NASB
Word Usage scroll (1). volume, roll of a book. From kephale ...
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4765. strouthion -- a sparrow
... bird, sparrow. Word Origin dim. of strouthos (a sparrow) Definition a
sparrow NASB Word Usage sparrows (4). sparrow. Diminutive ...
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3556a. nossion -- a young bird
... nossion. 3556b . a young bird. Transliteration: nossion Short Definition: chicks.
Word Origin dim. of nossos Definition a young bird NASB Word Usage chicks (1 ...
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5413. phortion -- a burden
... to someone else. 5413 () in Galatians 6:5. Gal 6:5: "For each one will bear
his own (5413 )" (). Word Origin dim. of phortos (load ...
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5286. hupopodion -- a footstool
... under his . Word Origin from hupo and the dim. of pous Definition a footstool
NASB Word Usage footstool (7). footstool. Neuter of ...
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2952. kunarion -- a little dog
... Cognate: 2952 -- properly, puppy, a diminutive of 2965 ("dog"). Word Origin dim.
of kuon Definition a little dog NASB Word Usage dogs (4). dog, puppy. ...
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2769. keration -- a carob pod
... husk (pod) of the carob. Word Origin dim. of keras Definition a carob pod NASB
Word Usage pods (1). husk. Neuter of a presumed derivative ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3544. keheh -- dim, dull, faint
... 3543b, 3544. keheh. 3545 . dim, dull, faint. Transliteration: keheh Phonetic
Spelling: (kay-heh') Short Definition: dim. Word Origin ...
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3543a. kahah -- to be or grow dim or faint
... 3543, 3543a. kahah. 3543b . to be or grow dim or faint. Transliteration:
kahah Short Definition: dim. Word Origin a prim. root Definition ...
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6004. amam -- to darken, dim
... 6003, 6004. amam. 6005 . to darken, dim. Transliteration: amam Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-mam') Short Definition: match. Word Origin a prim. ... become dim, hide. ...
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3543. kahah -- to be or grow dim or faint
... to be or grow dim or faint. Transliteration: kahah Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-haw')
Short Definition: darken. darken, be dim, fail, faint, restrain, utterly ...
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2821. chashak -- to be or grow dark
... root Definition to be or grow dark NASB Word Usage blacker (1), brings darkness
(1), dark (3), darkened (5), darkens (2), dim (1), grow dim (2), made it dark (1 ...
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3513. kabad -- to be heavy, weighty, or burdensome
... or burdensome NASB Word Usage abounding (1), achieve honor (1), became fierce (1),
became heavy (1), boasting (1), burdensome (1), dim (1), distinguished (3 ...
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6965. qum -- to arise, stand up, stand
... 1), certainly help (1), certainly help him to raise (1), come (2), confirm (13),
confirmed (3), confirming (1), confirms (1), deeded over (2), dim (1), endure ...
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8159. shaah -- to gaze
... depart, be dim, be dismayed, look away, regard, have respect, spare, turn.
A primitive root; to gaze at or about (properly, for help ...
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7835. shachar -- to be black
... be black. A primitive root (identical with shachar through the idea of the duskiness
of early dawn); to be dim or dark (in color) -- be black. ...
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1832. dimah -- tears (of one weeping)
... 1831, 1832. dimah. 1833 . tears (of one weeping). Transliteration: dimah
Phonetic Spelling: (dim-aw') Short Definition: tears. Word ...
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Library

The Relation Between the Human Will and the Divine Agency.
... improved. For aught we can see, our notions on this point would remain
as dim and feeble as if we possessed no such knowledge. If ...
/.../chapter v the relation between.htm

The Child Prophet
... in those days; there was no open vision.2. And it came to pass at that time, when
Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the child prophet.htm

The Heavenly Father
... And so, like the Greeks and Romans, and many other heathen nations, they had dim
thoughts of an All-Father, as they called him; Father of gods and men; the ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xxvi the heavenly father.htm

The End of Theology
... (1.) The one is, "How can it be that the eye of the human understanding does not
become dim and beclouded when an object of such transcendent light is ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/the end of theology.htm

The Kinsman-Redeemer
... This singular institution was gradually discerned to be charged with lofty meaning
and to be capable of being turned into a dim shadowing of something greater ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the kinsman-redeemer.htm

Death, the Friend
... that which makes Death a foe to the ordinary experience is, that it is like a step
off the edge of a precipice in a fog; a step into a dim condition of which ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/death the friend.htm

Eternal Life.
... The sun himself will wax dim and become useless as a source of energy, until at
last the favourable conditions of the present solar system will have quite ...
/.../drummond/natural law in the spiritual world/eternal life.htm

Love's Complaining
... robes which are at once royal and priestly, he is seen lighting the holy lamps,
pouring in the sacred oil, and removing impurities which would dim the light. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 32 1886/loves complaining.htm

The Grave in a Garden
... mention so particularly its situation, and that they both discerned in that garden
round the sepulchre, the expression of what was to the one a dim desire, to ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/the grave in a garden.htm

"Ye Shall be Hated of all Men"
... Father Henry cast. Out into the dim old cloister,. And the wintry blast. ... As a jewel
rare. Many a winter and a summer,. Through those cloisters dim,. ...
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Thesaurus

Dim (22 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To render dim, obscure, or dark; to make less bright or distinct; to take
away the luster of; to darken; to dull; to obscure; to eclipse. ...
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Dim-sighted (1 Occurrence)
Dim-sighted. Dimo'nah, Dim-sighted. Din . Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.)
Having dim sight; lacking perception. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Dull (16 Occurrences)
... 5. (superl.) Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster;
not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red or yellow ...
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Dimmed (3 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Dim. Multi-Version Concordance Dimmed (3 Occurrences). Job 17:7 Mine
eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow. ...
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Obscure (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Covered over, shaded, or darkened;
destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. ...
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Looks (76 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 13:21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs
therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim, then the priest ...
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Faded (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Fade. 2. (a.) That has lost freshness, color, or brightness;
grown dim. Multi-Version Concordance Faded (12 Occurrences). ...
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Shinar (8 Occurrences)
... The System Employed, with an Example: E nu-DU URU nu-DIM, A house was not built,
a city was not constructed; URU nu-DIM ADAM nu-mun-GAR, A city was not ...
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Weak (102 Occurrences)
... Genesis 27:1 It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that
he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He ...
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Grown (77 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS). Job 17:7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. ...
Lamentations 4:1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! ...
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Bible Concordance

Dim (22 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
(Root in WEB DBY NAS RSV)

Genesis 27:1 It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He said to him, "Here I am."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn't see. He brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 13:6 and the priest shall look on him again the seventh day; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean.
(ASV JPS RSV)

Leviticus 13:21 But if the priest examines it, and behold, there are no white hairs in it, and it isn't deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Leviticus 13:26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the skin, but be dim; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
(ASV JPS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 13:28 And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is the scar of the burning.
(ASV JPS NAS RSV)

Leviticus 13:56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the washing thereof, then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof:
(ASV JPS RSV)

Deuteronomy 34:7 Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 3:2 It happened at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
(KJV WBS)

1 Kings 14:4 Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
(See NAS RSV)

Job 17:7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 69:3 I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
(See RSV)

Psalms 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can't see. Let their backs be continually bent.
(See NAS)

Psalms 88:9 My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 12:3 In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 6:10 Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 32:3 The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Isaiah 42:3 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
(Root in WEB JPS ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Lamentations 4:1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Lamentations 5:17 For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Dim

Related Terms

Dim-sighted (1 Occurrence)

Dull (16 Occurrences)

Dimmed (3 Occurrences)

Obscure (7 Occurrences)

Looks (76 Occurrences)

Faded (12 Occurrences)

Shinar (8 Occurrences)

Weak (102 Occurrences)