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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

2. (n.) Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.

3. (n.) Want of success; the state of having failed.

4. (n.) Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.

5. (n.) A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.

6. (n.) A failing; a slight fault.

Greek

266. hamartia -- a sin, failure
... a sin, failure. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hamartia Phonetic
Spelling: (ham-ar-tee'-ah) Short Definition: a sin Definition: prop: missing ...
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2275. hettema -- loss
... loss. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: hettema Phonetic Spelling:
(hayt'-tay-mah) Short Definition: a defeat, failure Definition: defect, loss ...
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1500. eike -- without cause or reason, vainly
... without a cause, in vain. Probably from eiko (through the idea of failure); idly,
ie Without reason (or effect) -- without a cause, (in) vain(-ly). ...
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3152. mataios -- vain, useless
... ineffectual ("groundless"). 3152 ("aimless") emphasizes the " or failure to attain
any true purpose" (Moulton and Milligan). 3152 () refers ...
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4767. stugetos -- hateful
... [4767() describes what is odious (repulsive, disgusting) -- as when "self-revealed
failure" is apparent even to the perpetrator of a crime (see White, EGT, 4 ...
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Topical Bible Verses

James 2:24
You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
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2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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Galatians 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.
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Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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Strong's Hebrew

5384. nasheh -- a vein (or nerve) in the thigh
... which shrank. From nashah, in the sense of failure; rheumatic or crippled (from
the incident to Jacob) -- which shrank. see HEBREW nashah. 5383, 5384. ...
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1115. bilti -- not, except
... Constructive feminine of balah (equivalent to bliy); properly, a failure of, ie
(used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not ...
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1088. Balah -- a place in Simeon
... Balah. Feminine of baleh; failure; Balah, a place in Palestine -- Balah. see
HEBREW baleh. 1087, 1088. Balah. 1089 . Strong's Numbers.
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1584. gamar -- to end, come to an end, complete
... A primitive root; to end (in the sense of completion or failure) -- cease, come
to an end, fail, perfect, perform. 1583, 1584. gamar. 1585 . Strong's Numbers
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1097. beli -- a wearing out
... From balah; properly, failure, ie Nothing or destruction; usually (with
preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc. ...
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3585. kachash -- lying, leanness
... leanness, lies, lying. From kachash; literally, a failure of flesh, ie Emaciation;
figuratively, hypocrisy -- leanness, lies, lying. see HEBREW kachash. ...
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1077. bal -- not
... From balah; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at
all; also lest -- lest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing. ...
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Library

Where the Reproach of Failure Lies.
... The Past Failure Where the Reproach of Failure Lies. ... Every failure that could have
been prevented by honest work and earnest faithfulness spells reproach. ...
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Failure Swallowed by victory.
... The Coming Victory Failure Swallowed by Victory. But God's failures are only for
a while. They are real. There is the tragic element in them. ...
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The Impossibility of Failure.
... CHAPTER VI. THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF FAILURE. "But, beloved, we are persuaded
better things of you, and things that accompany salvation ...
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The Failure of Plato and Other Ancient Philosophers to Construct a ...
... Section I. The failure of Plato and other ancient philosophers to construct
a Theodicy, not a ground of despair. The supposed want ...
/.../a theodicy or vindication of the divine glory/section i the failure of.htm

The Failure of Leibnitz not a Ground of Despair.
... Section II. The failure of Leibnitz not a ground of despair. ... His failure,
if rightly considered, is not a ground for despondency. ...
/.../a theodicy or vindication of the divine glory/section ii the failure of.htm

Taught by Failure. June 25.
... Taught by Failure. June 25. So I am content to have failed. I have learned
in the experiment priceless truths concerning myself, my ...
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Impossibility of Fixing the Horoscope; Failure of an Attempt to do ...
... Book IV. Chapter IV."Impossibility of Fixing the Horoscope; Failure of
an Attempt to Do This at the Period of Birth. For this ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter iv impossibility of fixing the.htm

victor's Perplexity and Failure.
... Book II. Chapter 21 [XV.]"Victor's Perplexity and Failure. For these
reasons I fail thus far to discover what this instructor ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 21 xv victors perplexity and.htm

Out of the Deep of Loneliness, Failure, and Disappointment.
... IV. OUT OF THE DEEP OF LONELINESS, FAILURE, AND DISAPPOINTMENT. ... Don't be downhearted
if outward humiliation, disappointment, failure, come at first. ...
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Marcion's Cavils Considered. His Objection Refuted, IE , Man's ...
... good God. Chapter V."Marcion's Cavils Considered. His Objection Refuted,
ie, Man's Fall Showed Failure in God. The Perfection ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter v marcions cavils considered his.htm

Thesaurus

Failure (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Cessation of supply, or total defect; a
failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops. ...
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Loss (90 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property;
loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. ...
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Fail (130 Occurrences)
... 12. (vi) Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure
or failing, except in the phrase without fail. 13. (vi) Death; decease. Int. ...
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Offices (14 Occurrences)
... THE THREEFOLD OFFICE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT The Failure of the Offices to Secure Their
Desired Ends III. THE PROPHET The Forecast of the True Prophet IV. ...
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Lapse (9 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within
the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the ...
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Fault (42 Occurrences)
... dirt fault, etc. 6. (n.) A lost scent; act of losing the scent. 7. (n.)
Failure to serve the ball into the proper court. 8. (vt) To ...
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Decay (18 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species
of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction ...
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Dew (35 Occurrences)
...Failure of either of these gifts of Nature would cause great want and hardship,
but the failure of both would cause famine and death. ...
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Collapse (9 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel. 4. (n.)
A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown. ...
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Crime (45 Occurrences)
... Breach of Covenant (parar 'eth ha-berith).-According to Poucher (HDB, article "Crimes"),
this term included: (1) failure to observe the Day of Atonement ...
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Bible Concordance

Failure (5 Occurrences)

Romans 8:20 For the Creation fell into subjection to failure and unreality (not of its own choice, but by the will of Him who so subjected it)
(WEY)

Romans 11:12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
(See NAS RSV)

1 Thessalonians 2:1 For you yourselves, brethren, know that our visit to you did not fail of its purpose.
(See NIV)

Job 16:8 And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.
(YLT)

Psalms 144:14 Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Failure

Related Terms

Loss (90 Occurrences)

Fail (130 Occurrences)

Offices (14 Occurrences)

Lapse (9 Occurrences)

Fault (42 Occurrences)

Decay (18 Occurrences)

Dew (35 Occurrences)

Collapse (9 Occurrences)

Crime (45 Occurrences)