Bible Dictionary: Meager

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Deficient in quantity or extent; scanty; as, meager provisions.

Library

Foreword
... and prayed. They will be a valuable addition to the meager sermon literature
on the Epistle texts in the English language. English ...
//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle sermons vol iii/foreword.htm

Elegance and Grace
... combatant. Thus the true species is never without its utility, as even a meager
judgment easily may discern. DEVELOPING VARIETY OF STYLE. ...
/.../kleiser/the training of a public speaker/elegance and grace.htm

The Boy and the Sunday School
... hour and a half's duration at best, fifty-two or seventy-eight hours a year, only
one-third of which is given to Bible study, furnish a meager opportunity to ...
/.../alexander/the boy and the sunday school/v the boy and the.htm

Through-The-Week Activities for Boys' Organized Classes
... class. The school period of one hour or an hour and a half has been found
by most teachers to be too meager for a healthy class life. ...
/.../the boy and the sunday school/x through-the-week activities for boys.htm

Chapter fifteen
... false. It was true that the victory was won by a very meager majority. But
the result was the same as if it had been overwhelming. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter fifteen.htm

Chapter twenty-nine
... Suppose a man's wife or children were ill. How would he move or get into the country?
How could he pay even the meager sum necessary to move his few goods? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twenty-nine.htm

May one Lose the Blessing?
... Psalm 1:2), not "letting the Word of Christ dwell in you richly." You cannot live
a Spirit-filled life, and be content with a shallow, meager acquaintance with ...
/.../macneil/the spirit-filled life/chapter xviii may one lose.htm

Introduction
... commanding personality and influence. Yet, strange to say, our sources for
the life of Polycarp are extremely meager. His own extant ...
//christianbookshelf.org/richardson/early christian fathers/introduction 3.htm

H. The Widow's Mites. Ch. 21:1-4
... In the eyes of the world the service of the poor widow was meager and worthless,
while the gifts of the hypocrites were costly and great; in the eyes of the ...
/.../erdman/the gospel of luke an exposition/h the widows mites ch.htm

Preface of the Author.
... AJ Gordon, "Dispensation of the Spirit.". This meager bibliography shows what scant
systematic treatment is accorded to the Person of the Holy Spirit. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/preface of the author.htm

Thesaurus

Meager (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Deficient in quantity or extent; scanty; as, meager
provisions. Multi-Version Concordance Meager (1 Occurrence). ...
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History (57 Occurrences)
... of affairs in connection with a considerable number of matters reported by the Biblical
chroniclers, which supplement the exceedingly meager extracts furnished ...
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Linus (1 Occurrence)
... his in 2 Timothy 4:21. "These meager statements have been enlarged upon by
English investigators. The Claudia mentioned here is, they ...
/l/linus.htm - 9k

Lean (22 Occurrences)
... rest. 6. (vi) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump;
meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle. 7. (vi ...
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Gaunt (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager;
pinched and grim. Multi-Version Concordance Gaunt (7 Occurrences). ...
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Meah (1 Occurrence)

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Meadows (6 Occurrences)

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Pattern (28 Occurrences)
... inside and out. With these meager instructions the builder starts. The details
are worked out as the building proceeds. When a piece ...
/p/pattern.htm - 19k

Pittance (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) A meager portion, quantity, or allowance; an inconsiderable salary or
compensation. Multi-Version Concordance Pittance (1 Occurrence). ...
/p/pittance.htm - 6k

Poor (276 Occurrences)
... expected. 4. (superl.) Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated;
meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc. 5. (superl ...
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Bible Concordance

Meager (1 Occurrence)

Daniel 1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your provision and your drink: for why should he see your faces more meager than the children who are of your sort? then will ye make me endanger my head to the king.
(WBS)

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Related Terms

History (57 Occurrences)

Linus (1 Occurrence)

Lean (22 Occurrences)

Gaunt (7 Occurrences)

Meah (1 Occurrence)

Meadows (6 Occurrences)

Pattern (28 Occurrences)

Pittance (1 Occurrence)

Poor (276 Occurrences)