Bible Dictionary: Doting

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dote.

2. (a.) That dotes; silly; excessively fond.

Library

Therefore I Fell among Men Proudly Doting, Exceeding Carnal and ...
... Book III Chapter VI Therefore I fell among men proudly doting, exceeding
carnal and prating� Therefore I fell among men proudly ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter vi therefore i fell.htm

1 Timothy vi. 7-Feb
... words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according
to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions ...
/.../homily xvii 1 timothy vi.htm

The Confessions of Saint Augustine
... Chapter VI resolved then to bend my mind to the holy Scriptures� Chapter VI Therefore
I fell among men proudly doting, exceeding carnal and prating� ...
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The Old, Old Story
... I could not help fancying, as I saw his face just now, that he would think I was
doting on the old subject, and harping on the old strain; that I had not ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 8 1863/the old old story.htm

How Heretics, Craftily Cite Obscure Passages in Ancient Writers in ...
... ought not, for filthy lucre's sake;" [450] "men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning
the faith;" [451] "proud knowing nothing, but doting about questions and ...
/.../the commonitory of vincent of lerins/chapter vii how heretics craftily.htm

John Bunyan on the Terms of Communion and Fellowship of Christians ...
... If any are proud, doting about questions and strifes of words, evil surmisings,
perverse disputings, supposing that gain is godliness; from such withdraw ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/john bunyan on the terms.htm

Boniface viii Ad 1294-1303.
... In Celestine's place was chosen Benedict Gaetani, who, although even older than
the worn-out and doting late pope, was still full of strength, both in body and ...
/.../chapter xvi boniface viii ad.htm

This Letter was Written to Accompany the Publication of Sermon 221 ...
... Tenderly as a husband thinks of the doting affection of his wife, as a father receives
the fond homage of his children, as a brother when he is held in honour ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/this letter was written to.htm

Meditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ ...
... Lay then aside for a while thy doting vanities, and take the view with me of thy
doleful miseries; which duly surveyed, I doubt not but that thou wilt conclude ...
/.../bayly/the practice of piety/meditations of the misery of.htm

Self-Reproach.
... All thy boasting this, O Friendship! Shedding tears and heaving sighs,. When
my need of thee is greatest,. When thy doting votary dies? ...
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Thesaurus

Doting (5 Occurrences)
...Doting (5 Occurrences). ... For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost
make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek. ...
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Dothan (2 Occurrences)

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Loves (97 Occurrences)
... come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee -- My people,
And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with ...
/l/loves.htm - 34k

Questionings (8 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 6:4 he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and
disputes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings ...
/q/questionings.htm - 8k

Kicked (9 Occurrences)
... For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked
against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek. (YLT). ...
/k/kicked.htm - 9k

Oholibah (5 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 23:11 Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting
than she, and in her prostitution which were more than the prostitution of ...
/o/oholibah.htm - 8k

Ohol'ibah (5 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 23:11 And her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her
doting than she, and in her harlotries more than her sister in her harlotries. ...
/o/ohol'ibah.htm - 7k

Word-striving (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Timothy 6:4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and
word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings ...
/w/word-striving.htm - 6k

Inordinate (2 Occurrences)
... It disappears in Revised Version: Ezekiel 23:11, "in her inordinate love" (the Revised
Version (British and American) "in her doting"); aghabhah, "lust ...
/i/inordinate.htm - 8k

Fondling (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness. 3. (n.) A person or thing
fondled or caressed; one treated with foolish or doting affection. ...
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Bible Concordance

Doting (5 Occurrences)

1 Timothy 6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 4:30 And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself 'with' ornaments of gold. For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 23:11 Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet was she more corrupt in her doting than she, and in her prostitution which were more than the prostitution of her sister.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT RSV)

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee -- My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 33:32 And lo, thou 'art' to them as a singer of doting loves, A pleasant voice, and playing well on an instrument, And they have heard thy words, and they are not doing them.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Doting

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Dothan (2 Occurrences)

Loves (97 Occurrences)

Questionings (8 Occurrences)

Kicked (9 Occurrences)

Oholibah (5 Occurrences)

Ohol'ibah (5 Occurrences)

Word-striving (1 Occurrence)

Inordinate (2 Occurrences)

Fondling (1 Occurrence)