Bible Dictionary: Frail

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.

2. (n.) The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.

3. (n.) A rush for weaving baskets.

4. (superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.

5. (superl) Tender.

6. (superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.

Greek

3749. ostrakinos -- earthen
... of earth, earthen. From ostrakon ("oyster") (a tile, ie Terra cotta);
earthen-ware, ie Clayey; by implication, frail -- of earth, earthen. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2310. chadel -- forbearing, lacking
... he that forbears, frail, rejected. From chadal; vacant, ie Ceasing or destitute --
he that forbeareth, frail, rejected. see HEBREW chadal. 2309, 2310. ...
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605. anash -- to be weak, sick
... A primitive root; to be frail, feeble, or (figuratively) melancholy --
desperate(-ly wicked), incurable, sick, woeful. 604, 605. anash. 606 . ...
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2523. challash -- weak
... Word Origin from chalash Definition weak NASB Word Usage weak (1). weak. From chalash;
frail -- weak. see HEBREW chalash. 2522, 2523. challash. 2524 . ...
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7390. rak -- tender, delicate, soft
... Word Origin from rakak Definition tender, delicate, soft NASB Word Usage frail
(1), gentle (1), inexperienced (2), refined (2), soft (2), tender (3), tender ...
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Library

Frail Life and Succeeding Eternity.
... Hymn 2:55. Frail life and succeeding eternity. 1 Thee we adore, eternal Name, And
humbly own to thee, How feeble is our mortal frame! What dying worms are we! ...
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Our Frail Bodies, and God Our Preserver.
... Hymns. Book 2. Composed on Divine Subjects. Hymn 2:19. Our frail bodies,
and God our preserver. 1 Let others boast how strong they ...
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Frail Life, and Succeeding Eternity.
... Hymns, Book II HYMN 55 Frail life, and succeeding eternity. CM Frail life, and
succeeding eternity. Thee we adore, Eternal Name,. And humbly own to thee. ...
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Psalm 90 Part 1 Man Frail, and God Eternal.
... THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 90 PART 1 Man frail, and God eternal. v.1-5 CM.
Man frail, and God eternal. Our God, our help in ages past,. ...
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Our Frail Bodies, and God Our Preserver.
... Hymns, Book II HYMN 19 Our frail bodies, and God our Preserver. CM Our frail bodies,
and God our Preserver. Let others boast how strong they be,. ...
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That all Things were Created for Some Use, Even those Things which ...
... Chap. IV."That All Things Were Created for Some Use, Even Those Things Which Appear
Evil; On What Account Man Enjoys Reason in So Frail a Body. ...
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Psalm 90:2. 1-5. First Part. CM Man Frail, and God Eternal.
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 90:2. 1-5. First Part. CM Man frail,
and God eternal. 1 Our God, our help in ages past, Our ...
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Since Then, in Reference to Our Hope of the Resurrection, Christ ...
... But it is evident that the man who is angry with a woman because she says that she
hopes not to have a frail body in the resurrection is of the opinion that ...
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The Earthquake (Preached October 11, 1863. )
... And last week's earthquake was an awful message, reminding all reasonable souls
how frail man is, how frail his strongest works, how frail this seemingly solid ...
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But Let us Come to These Two Commentaries which He Alone Excepts ...
... of all, as to these poor weak women about whom he makes himself merry, because they
say that after the resurrection they will not have their frail bodies since ...
/.../23 but let us come.htm

Thesaurus

Frail (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or
seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail. ...Frail (6 Occurrences). ...
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Fragrant (30 Occurrences)

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Nostrils (22 Occurrences)
... me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils" (Job 27:3). Therefore a life which
depends on so slight a thing as a breath is considered as utterly frail and of ...
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Nose (23 Occurrences)
... me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils" (Job 27:3). Therefore a life which
depends on so slight a thing as a breath is considered as utterly frail and of ...
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Longevity
... Eli was blind and feeble at 98. At 70 David was bedridden and frail. Manasseh, the
king of Judah whose reign was longest, died at 67; Uzziah died at 68. ...
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Life's (4 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Psalms 39:4 "Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my
days. Let me know how frail I am. (See NIV). Ecclesiastes ...
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Weak (102 Occurrences)
... not compact; as, a weak ship. 5. (vi) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft;
as, the weak stalk of a plant. 6. (vi) Not able to resist ...
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Wakeful (3 Occurrences)
... Mark 14:38 Be wakeful, all of you, and keep on praying, that you may not come into
temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail." (WEY). ...
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Frailty (1 Occurrence)

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Fragile (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily
destroyed. Multi-Version Concordance Fragile (3 Occurrences). ...
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Bible Concordance

Frail (6 Occurrences)

Matthew 26:41 Keep awake, and pray that you may not enter into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail."
(WEY)

Mark 14:38 Be wakeful, all of you, and keep on praying, that you may not come into temptation: the spirit is right willing, but the body is frail."
(WEY)

Romans 8:3 For what was impossible to the Law--powerless as it was because it acted through frail humanity--God effected. Sending His own Son in a body like that of sinful human nature and as a sacrifice for sin, He pronounced sentence upon sin in human nature;
(WEY)

Hebrews 7:8 Moreover here frail mortal men receive tithes: there one receives them about whom there is evidence that he is alive.
(WEY)

Genesis 33:13 Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
(See NAS RSV)

Psalms 39:4 "Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Frail

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Fragrant (30 Occurrences)

Nostrils (22 Occurrences)

Nose (23 Occurrences)

Longevity

Life's (4 Occurrences)

Weak (102 Occurrences)

Wakeful (3 Occurrences)

Frailty (1 Occurrence)