1. (v. i.) To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

2. (v. t.) To make less; to bring low.

3. (v. t.) To break; to disperse.

4. (n.) The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.

7087a. qapha -- to thicken, condense, congeal
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to thicken, condense, congeal NASB Word Usage
congealed (1), curdle (1), dwindle (1), stagnant (1). 7087, 7087a. ...
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2191. zeer -- a little
... little. From an unused root (akin (by permutation) to tsa'ar), meaning to dwindle;
small -- little. see HEBREW tsa'ar. 2190, 2191. zeer. 2192 . ...
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4743. maqaq -- to decay, rot, fester, pine away
... A primitive root; to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish -- consume away,
be corrupt, dissolve, pine away. 4742, 4743. maqaq. 4744 . ...
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The Death of Abraham
... fleeting world that is slipping away from him; nothing sadder than to see how, as
opportunities and capacities for the enjoyment of life dwindle, and dwindle ...
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A Fulfilled Aspiration
... their characters; and all the joys that could be bought at the price of the smallest
neglected duty or the smallest perpetrated sin, dwindle and dwindle and ...
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The Three Tribunals
... Now, the direct tendency of Christian faith and principle is to dwindle into wholesome
insignificance the multitudinous voice of men's judgments. ...
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The Inwardness of Prayer
... That is its punishment"spiritual dumbness, or at least aphasia, and starvation.
We do not take our spiritual food, and so we falter, dwindle, and die. ...
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Colonization.
... who went out as missionaries did all they could to hinder these horrors, but in
vain; and when at last the poor delicate Indians began to dwindle away and die ...
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Heathens and Heretics Alike in their Vilification of the Flesh and ...
... of trouble; and after all this record of its degradation, dropping into its original
earth and the appellation of a corpse, and destined to dwindle away even ...
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Joy and Peace in Believing
... Fill the contending parties with a fuller spiritual life, and the ground of their
differences will begin to dwindle, and look very contemptible. ...
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Looking at the Unseen
... pressure of the 'exceeding weight of glory' pour into our minds, we should carry
with us a standard which would bring down the greatness, dwindle the duration ...
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Caleb --A Green Old Age
... sufferers long years of pains and tears, but in the calendar of faith 'weeping endures
for a night, joy cometh in the morning.' The weary days dwindle into a ...
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Unfailing Stabs and Fainting Men
... taught us, what the prophet did not know, that even in the apparently serene spaces
there are collisions and catastrophes, and that stars may dwindle and dim ...
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Dwindle (10 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To break; to disperse. 4. (n.) The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline;
degeneracy. Multi-Version Concordance Dwindle (10 Occurrences). ...
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Obeyed (83 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS NAS NIV). 2 Samuel 22:45 The sons of the stranger dwindle away before
me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me. (See RSV). ...
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Waste (668 Occurrences)
... 8. (vi) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the
like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less. ...
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Dwindles (1 Occurrence)

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Helper (58 Occurrences)
... thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; and thou
shalt tread upon their high places. (See NIV). Joshua ...
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Scribes (85 Occurrences)
... in which to glory nor a spade with which to dig." Hillel used to say: "He who employs
the crown (of the Law) for external purposes shall dwindle." That the ...
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Dwelt (307 Occurrences)

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Dwindle (10 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 33:29 Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
(See JPS)

2 Samuel 22:45 The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me: As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me.
(See JPS)

Psalms 18:44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
(See JPS)

Psalms 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
(See JPS)

Psalms 81:15 The haters of Jehovah should submit themselves unto him: But their time should endure for ever.
(See JPS)

Psalms 107:39 Again, they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, trouble, and sorrow.
(See JPS)

Proverbs 13:11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.
(Root in WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 19:6 And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
(See JPS)

Zechariah 14:6 It will happen in that day, that there will not be light, cold, or frost.
(See NAS)

Dwindle

Obeyed (83 Occurrences)

Waste (668 Occurrences)

Dwindles (1 Occurrence)

Helper (58 Occurrences)

Scribes (85 Occurrences)

Dwelt (307 Occurrences)

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