Bible Dictionary: Finer

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

A worker in silver and gold (Proverbs 25:4). In Judges 17:4 the word (tsoreph) is rendered "founder," and in Isaiah 41:7 "goldsmith."

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) One who fines or purifies.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

FINER; FINING

fin'-er, fin'-ing (Proverbs 25:4 the King James Version).

See REFINER.

Library

Another Class of Heretics Refuted they Alleged that Christ's Flesh ...
... Chapter X."Another Class of Heretics Refuted They Alleged that Christ's
Flesh Was of a Finer Texture, Animalis, Composed of Soul. ...
/.../tertullian/ on the flesh of christ/chapter x another class of heretics.htm

He came to his Own.
... Then remember this, God is a father, only He is so much finer a father than the
finest father you ever knew of. ... The second word is a finer word. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on prayer/he came to his own.htm

Ill-Temper
... But we have no balance to weigh sins. Coarser and finer are but words of our own.
The chances are, if anything, that the finer are the lower. ...
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Hutchinsonians.
... forward to the reader's attention:""The air, he supposes, exists in three
conditions,"fire, light, and spirit;"the two latter are the finer and grosser ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/hutchinsonians.htm

An Ideal Biography.
... biography of John the Herald. There could be no finer biography of anybody
of whom it could be truly written. It is this: "Looking ...
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Irresistible Logic.
... And there was no discipline much finer for those who remained than to feel their
fellows leaving them. ... And too there is no finer thing to make character. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on service/irresistible logic.htm

How Solomon Grew Rich, and Fell Desperately in Love with Women and ...
... The wood which was brought to him at this time was larger and finer than any that
had ever been brought before; but let no one imagine that these pine trees ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 7 how solomon grew.htm

What is Man?
... made." It is a little portion of earth, the particles of which cohering, I know
not how, lengthen into innumerable fibres, a thousand times finer than hairs. ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 109 what is man.htm

Peter's Denial and Repentance.
... the fire, not in monosyllables and guarded voice, but in his own outspoken way,
the most talkative of them all, until suddenly one whose ear was finer than the ...
/.../xviii peters denial and repentance.htm

The Programme of Christianity
... We know now it is just beginning. And this teeming universe of men in which we
live has almost all its finer colour and beauty yet to take. ...
/.../the programme of christianity 2.htm

Thesaurus

Finer (1 Occurrence)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FINER; FINING. fin'-er, fin'-ing (Proverbs 25:4 the
King James Version). See REFINER. Multi-Version Concordance Finer (1 Occurrence ...
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Epicureans (1 Occurrence)
... The soul, like the body, is made of atoms, but of a smaller or finer texture.
In death, the one like the other dissolves and comes to its end. ...
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Finely (27 Occurrences)

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Linen (111 Occurrences)
... 2. General Uses: Linen was used, not only in the making of garments of the finer
kinds and for priests, but also for shrouds, hangings, and possibly for other ...
/l/linen.htm - 50k

Line (131 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Flax; linen. 2. (n.) The longer and finer
fiber of flax. 3. (vt) To cover the inner surface of ...
/l/line.htm - 43k

Goldsmith (6 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Nehemiah 3:8, 32; Isaiah 40:19; 41:7; 46:6). The word
so rendered means properly a founder or finer. Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Girdle (44 Occurrences)
... material. The common girdle was made of leather (2 Kings 1:8; Matthew
3:4); a finer sort of linen (Jeremiah 13:1; Ezek. 16:10; Dan. ...
/g/girdle.htm - 24k

Flour (69 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the
finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any ...
/f/flour.htm - 32k

Fell (331 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is
sorted by sifting. 11. (vt) To sew or hem; -- said of seams. 12. ...
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Finery (2 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Finer (1 Occurrence)

Proverbs 25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and material comes out for the refiner;
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Subtopics

Finer

Related Terms

Epicureans (1 Occurrence)

Finely (27 Occurrences)

Linen (111 Occurrences)

Line (131 Occurrences)

Goldsmith (6 Occurrences)