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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

2. (v. t.) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy.

3. (v. t.) Free from care, responsibility, discontent, and the like; not anxious; tranquil; as, an easy mind.

4. (v. t.) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style.

5. (v. t.) Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing.

6. (v. t.) Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.

7. (v. t.) Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.

8. (v. t.) Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.

9. (v. t.) Moderate; sparing; frugal.

10. (v. t.) Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; -- opposed to tight.

Greek

1645. elaphros -- light, easy to bear
... light, easy to bear. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: elaphros Phonetic
Spelling: (el-af-ros') Short Definition: light, not burdensome Definition ...
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5543. chrestos -- serviceable, good
... Word Origin adjective from chraomai Definition serviceable, good NASB Word Usage
easy (1), good (2), kind (2), kindness (2). better, easy, gracious, kind. ...
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4467. rhadiourgema -- a reckless act, a crime
... Word Origin from a comp. of rhadios (easy, reckless) and ergon Definition
a reckless act, a crime NASB Word Usage crime (1). lewdness. ...
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2138. eupeithes -- constantly attendant
... 2138 (from 2095 , "well" and 3982 , "persuade") -- properly, "well-persuaded," ,
ie willing (pre-disposed, favorable to); easy to come to terms with . ...
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2154. eusemos -- clear
... easy to be understood. From eu and the base of semaino; well indicated, ie
(figuratively) significant -- easy to be understood. see GREEK eu. see GREEK semaino. ...
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2123. eukopoteros -- with easier labor
... easier. Word Origin cptv. of eukopos (easy); from eu and kopos Definition
with easier labor NASB Word Usage easier (7). easier. ...
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1387. dolioo -- to deceive
... (This makes them "easy prey" to .) See 1388 (). Word Origin from dolios Definition
to deceive NASB Word Usage deceiving (1). use deceit. ...
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3977. pedinos -- level, plain
... level, a plain. From a derivative of pous (meaning the ground); level (as easy for
the feet) -- plain. see GREEK pous. (pedinou) -- 1 Occurrence. 3976, 3977. ...
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3873. parakeimai -- to lie beside, be present
... be present. From para and keimai; to lie near, ie Be at hand (figuratively, be
prompt or easy) -- be present. see GREEK para. see GREEK keimai. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1951. hun -- to be easy
... to be easy. Transliteration: hun Phonetic Spelling: (hoon) Short Definition: easy. ...
root Definition to be easy NASB Word Usage regarded it as easy (1). be ready. ...
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7043. qalal -- to be slight, swift or trifling
... 1), contempt (1), contemptible (1), curse (15), cursed (16), curses (8), cursing
(2), despise (1), despised (2), ease (1), easier (1), easy (2), insignificant ...
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Library

A Short and Easy Method of Prayer
A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. <. A Short and Easy Method of Prayer Madame
Guyon. Table of Contents. Title Page. PREFACE TO THIS EDITION. ...
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How Easy was it for Me to have Seen with Rusticus...
... [Way-2-32] How easy was it for me to have seen with Rusticus� How easy
was it for me to have seen with Rusticus, that all this ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-2-32 how easy was it.htm

A Short and Easy Method of Prayer
A Short and Easy Method of Prayer. <. ... A SHORT AND EASY METHOD OF
PRAYER. CHAPTER I The Universal Call to Prayer. What a ...
/.../guyon/a short and easy method of prayer/a short and easy method.htm

That it is not Easy to Discover the Trinity that is God from the ...
... Book XV. Chapter 7."That It is Not Easy to Discover the Trinity that is
God from the Trinities We Have Spoken of. 11. But these ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 7 that it is not.htm

Is it not Easy to Conceive the World in Your Mind? to Think the ...
... THE FIRST CENTURY 9 Is it not easy to conceive the World in your Mind? To think
the Heavens fair? ... Is it not easy to conceive the World in your Mind? ...
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What is More Easy and Sweet than Meditation? yet in this Hath God ...
... THE FIRST CENTURY 8 What is more easy and sweet than meditation? Yet in this hath
God commended His Love. What is more easy and sweet than meditation? ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/8 what is more easy.htm

Fragment Xliv. It is not an Easy Thing for a Soul...
... It is not an easy thing for a soul� It [4888] is not an easy thing for a soul, under
the influence of error, to be persuaded of the contrary opinion. ...
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But is it not as Easy to See, that the Whole Christian Church are ...
... Address 155: But is it not as easy to see, that the whole Christian church
are in� But is it not as easy to see, that the whole ...
/.../address 155 0 0 but is it.htm

Messiah's Easy Yoke
... Sermon XV Messiah's Easy Yoke. Messiah's Easy Yoke Matthew 11:29, 30. ... and ye shall
find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. ...
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God Hath Made it Easy to Convert Our Soul into a Thought ...
... THE SECOND CENTURY 87 God hath made it easy to convert our soul into a
Thought containing Heaven and Earth. God hath made it easy ...
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Thesaurus

Easy (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint. 2. (vt) Free from pain,
distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet; as, the patient is easy. ...
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Light (2869 Occurrences)
... 23. (superl.) Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical
strength; as, a light burden, or load. 24. (superl ...
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Omri (16 Occurrences)
... Northern Kingdom. This step may have been suggested to Omri by his own easy
conquest of Tirzah, the former capital. Accordingly, he ...
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Lacedaemonians
... alliance itself is said to have been formed (1 Maccabees 12:20) between Areus, king
of the Lacedaemonians and Onias the high priest; but it is not easy to make ...
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Kishon (6 Occurrences)
... mud. Remembering this, it is easy to understand the disaster that overwhelmed
the heavily armed cavalry and chariots of Sisera. ...
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Tight (9 Occurrences)
... (superl.) Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. 11. (superl.) Pressing; stringent; not easy;
firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7. 12. ...
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Ready (451 Occurrences)
... 4. (superl.) Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind;
dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready ...
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Sheep (413 Occurrences)
... It is not easy to draw the line between wild sheep and wild goats. Among the more
obvious distinctions are the chin beard and strong odor of male goats. ...
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Ciccar
... Wars, IV, viii, 4). These references would locate Zoar at the base of the mountains
just Southeast of the Dead Sea, and, as it was within easy reach of Sodom ...
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Plain (113 Occurrences)
... Wars, IV, viii, 4). These references would locate Zoar at the base of the mountains
just Southeast of the Dead Sea, and, as it was within easy reach of Sodom ...
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Bible Concordance

Easy (14 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:13 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
(See RSV)

Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 12:19 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 14:9 So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Ephesians 5:18 Do not over-indulge in wine--a thing in which excess is so easy--
(WEY)

James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Deuteronomy 1:41 Then you answered and said to me, "We have sinned against Yahweh, we will go up and fight, according to all that Yahweh our God commanded us." You girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill country.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 5:20 But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As Yahweh lives, I will run after him, and take something from him."
(See NIV)

2 Kings 20:10 Hezekiah answered, "It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. Nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps."
(See NAS RSV)

Psalms 73:12 Lo, these 'are' the wicked and easy ones of the age, They have increased strength.
(YLT)

Psalms 123:4 Greatly hath our soul been filled With the scorning of the easy ones, With the contempt of the arrogant!
(YLT)

Proverbs 14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Isaiah 32:9 Women, easy ones, rise, hear my voice, Daughters, confident ones, give ear 'to' my saying,
(YLT)

Isaiah 32:11 Tremble ye women, ye easy ones, Be troubled, ye confident ones, Strip and make bare, with a girdle on the loins,
(YLT)

Subtopics

Easy

Related Terms

Light (2869 Occurrences)

Omri (16 Occurrences)

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Kishon (6 Occurrences)