Bible Dictionary: Flay

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(v. t.) To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.

Greek

4660. skullo -- to skin, fig. to trouble
... to trouble. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: skullo Phonetic Spelling:
(skool'-lo) Short Definition: I flay, trouble, annoy Definition: I flay, trouble ...
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1194. dero -- to skin, to thrash
... to skin, to thrash. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dero Phonetic Spelling:
(der'-o) Short Definition: I flay, flog, scourge, beat Definition: I flay, flog ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6584. pashat -- to strip off, make a dash, raid
... fall upon, flay, invade, make an invasion, pull off, put off, make a road,
run upon,. A primitive root; to spread out (ie Deploy ...
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1497. gazal -- to tear away, seize, rob
... A primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob -- catch, consume,
exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence ...
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Library

Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas, when He came into India, and ...
... And the king considered by what death he should kill them; and when it seemed good
to him to flay them, and burn them with fire, on that very night Gad the ...
/.../unknown/acts of the holy apostle thomas/acts of the holy apostle 2.htm

The Burnt Offering a Picture and a Prophecy
... bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation.6. And he shall flay the burnt ...
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Second Sunday Before Lent
... 12. In the third place, false teachers flay their disciples to the bone, and cut
them out of house and home, but even this is taken and endured. ...
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Striking Similes
... His invectives and vituperations bite and flay like steel whips [invective =
abusive language] [vituperation = abusive language]. ...
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Thesaurus

Flay (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as,
to flay an ox; to flay the green earth. ...Flay (3 Occurrences). ...
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Kettle (2 Occurrences)
... Micah 3:3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh ...
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Flea (2 Occurrences)
... flea.". Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (vt) To flay. 2. (n.) An insect belonging
to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas ...
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Flax-cord (1 Occurrence)
Flax-cord. Flax, Flax-cord. Flay . Multi-Version Concordance Flax-cord (1
Occurrence). ... (DBY). Flax, Flax-cord. Flay . Reference Bible.
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Flayed (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Flay. Multi-Version Concordance
Flayed (1 Occurrence). 2 Chronicles 35:11 They killed the ...
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Peel (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (vt) To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing
off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange ...
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Cauldron (8 Occurrences)
... Micah 3:3 and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh ...
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Conscientious (1 Occurrence)
... 2 Chronicles 29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all
the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until ...
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Caldron (11 Occurrences)
... Micah 3:3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh ...
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Chop (5 Occurrences)
... Micah 3:3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh ...
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Bible Concordance

Flay (3 Occurrences)

Leviticus 1:6 He shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces.
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2 Chronicles 29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Micah 3:3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Subtopics

Flay

Related Terms

Kettle (2 Occurrences)

Flea (2 Occurrences)

Flax-cord (1 Occurrence)

Flayed (1 Occurrence)

Peel (1 Occurrence)

Cauldron (8 Occurrences)

Conscientious (1 Occurrence)

Caldron (11 Occurrences)

Chop (5 Occurrences)