Bible Dictionary: Malign

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v.) To speak great evil of; to defame; to slander; to vilify; to asperse.

2. (a.) Having an evil disposition toward others; harboring violent enmity; malevolent; malicious; spiteful; -- opposed to benign.

3. (a.) Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets.

4. (a.) Malignant; as, a malign ulcer.

5. (v.) To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong; to injure.

6. (v. i.) To entertain malice.

Greek

987. blasphemeo -- to slander, hence to speak lightly or profanely ...
... spoken of as evil (1), blaspheme (4), blasphemed (6), blasphemers (1), blasphemes
(3), blaspheming (4), dishonored (1), hurling abuse (3), malign (2), maligned ...
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940. baskaino -- to slander, hence by ext. to bewitch
... bewitch. Akin to phasko; to malign, ie (by extension) to fascinate (by false
representations) -- bewitch. see GREEK phasko. (ebaskanen) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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5594. psucho -- to breathe, blow, to make cool
... blow, refresh with cool air" (Zod, ); (figuratively) "to breathe cool by blowing,
to grow cold, 'spiritual energy blighted or chilled by a malign or poisonous ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6895. qabab -- to utter a curse against, curse
... curse. A primitive root; to scoop out, ie (figuratively) to malign or execrate
(ie Stab with words) -- X at all, curse. 6894, 6895. qabab. 6896 . ...
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Library

Of the Impiety of the Magic Art, which is Dependent on the ...
... Book VIII. Chapter 19."Of the Impiety of the Magic Art, Which is Dependent
on the Assistance of Malign Spirits. Moreover, against ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 19 of the impiety of.htm

That Only through the Christian Religion could the Deceit of ...
... Book VII. Chapter 33."That Only Through the Christian Religion Could the Deceit
of Malign Spirits, Who Rejoice in the Errors of Men, Have Been Manifested. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 33 that only through the.htm

The Reaction against Egypt
... The material of the statue is a finegrained limestone, and its milky whiteness
tends to soften the malign character of her look and smile. ...
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Watkinson -- the Transfigured Sackcloth
... accident, inexperience, indecision, misdirection, imperfection, disharmony; but
they will not allow the presence in the human heart of a malign force which ...
/.../the worlds great sermons volume 8/watkinson the transfigured sackcloth.htm

The Sixth Commandment
... Malice is mental murder. Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer.' 1 John 3:15.
To malign another, and wish evil against him in the heart, is murdering him. ...
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Christianity Requires the Temper of Childhood.
... all that is holy and good, he must divest himself entirely of the fresh and ingenuous
feeling of early boyhood, and receive in its place that malign and soured ...
/.../shedd/sermons to the natural man/christianity requires the temper of.htm

Hymn at Cock-Crow
... When hid by shades of dark malign On beds of softness we recline, They call
us forth with music clear Warning us that the day is near. ...
/.../prudentius/the hymns of prudentius/i hymn at cock-crow.htm

Preface
... necessarily be a very imperfect one, as their history is told us chiefly by enemies,
who were both ignorant of their true principles, and eager to malign them. ...
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It was Christ that Died the Father is Incapable of Suffering ...
... But when we assert that Christ was crucified, we do not malign Him with a curse;
we only re-affirm [8178] the curse pronounced by the law: [8179] nor indeed ...
/.../tertullian/against praxeas/chapter xxix it was christ that.htm

The Hope of Future Bliss
... So with the book of Psalms: had not David been sorely tried by enemies, had not
the foemen shot their arrows at him, had they not attempted to malign and blast ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the hope of future bliss.htm

Thesaurus

Malign (6 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect
of planets. 4. (a.) Malignant; as, a malign ulcer. ...Malign (6 Occurrences). ...
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Longs (11 Occurrences)
... the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now
arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him." (See ...
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Garlic (1 Occurrence)
... A bulb of garlic, hung over a bed or over the door of a house, is a powerful charm
against the evil eye and other malign influences. EWG Masterman. ...
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Groaning (27 Occurrences)
... the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now
arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him." (WEB ...
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Taking (445 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Agitation; excitement; distress of mind. 6. (n.) Malign influence;
infection. Multi-Version Concordance Taking (445 Occurrences). ...
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Dare (19 Occurrences)
... dared not look. (Root in WEB WEY RSV NIV). Acts 23:4 Those who stood by said,
"Do you malign God's high priest?" (See NIV). Romans 5:7 ...
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Devastation (17 Occurrences)
... the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now
arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him." (See ...
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Malignancy (2 Occurrences)

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Maliciousness (2 Occurrences)

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Protect (32 Occurrences)
... the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now
arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him." (See ...
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Bible Concordance

Malign (6 Occurrences)

Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
(See NAS RSV)

Acts 23:4 Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"
(WEB)

Titus 2:5 to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.
(See NIV)

Titus 3:2 to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.
(See NAS)

1 Peter 4:4 They think it is strange that you don't run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming:
(See NAS)

Psalms 12:5 "Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Malign

Related Terms

Longs (11 Occurrences)

Garlic (1 Occurrence)

Groaning (27 Occurrences)

Taking (445 Occurrences)

Dare (19 Occurrences)

Devastation (17 Occurrences)

Malignancy (2 Occurrences)

Maliciousness (2 Occurrences)

Protect (32 Occurrences)