Bible Dictionary: Miss

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress.

2. (n.) A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she is a miss of sixteen.

3. (n.) A kept mistress. See Mistress.

4. (n.) In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.

5. (v. t.) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunities of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said.

6. (v. t.) To omit; to fail to have or to do; to get without; to dispense with; -- now seldom applied to persons.

7. (v. t.) To discover the absence or omission of; to feel the want of; to mourn the loss of; to want.

8. (v. i.) To fail to hit; to fly wide; to deviate from the true direction.

9. (v. i.) To fail to obtain, learn, or find; -- with of.

10. (v. i.) To go wrong; to err.

11. (v. i.) To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

12. (n.) The act of missing; failure to hit, reach, find, obtain, etc.

13. (n.) Loss; want; felt absence.

14. (n.) Mistake; error; fault.

15. (n.) Harm from mistake.

Greek

795. astocheo -- to miss the mark
... to miss the mark. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: astocheo Phonetic Spelling:
(as-tokh-eh'-o) Short Definition: I miss the mark, miss my aim, make a false ...
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264. hamartano -- to miss the mark, do wrong, sin
... to miss the mark, do wrong, sin. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hamartano
Phonetic Spelling: (ham-ar-tan'-o) Short Definition: I sin Definition ...
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1731. endeiknumi -- to indicate (by word or act), to prove
... The prefix 1722 () adds the dimension of "abiding " making the "showing
forth" on "" for all to see, ie so "no one could miss it.". ...
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1793. entugchano -- to chance upon, by impl. confer with, by ext. ...
... Accordingly, it is used in classical Greek as the of ("to miss the mark, sin"),
so Lucian, Xenophon, Homer, etc. (see Thayer, 5177 ).]. ...
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2396. ide -- see! behold!
... Look!. 2396 (the aorist of 1492 , "to know, see") -- properly, a Greek imperative
meaning "!" -- literally, "Be sure . . ie "Don't miss this! ...
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1783. enteuxis -- a petition, ie spec. supplication
... Accordingly, it is used in classical Greek as the of ("to miss the mark,
sin"), so Lucian, Xenophon, Homer, etc. (see Thayer, 5177 ). ...
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3901. pararreo -- to flow by, hence slip away
... drift away. From para and the alternate of rheo; to flow by, ie (figuratively)
carelessly pass (miss) -- let slip. see GREEK para. see GREEK rheo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2398. chata -- to miss, go wrong, sin
... 2397, 2398. chata. 2399 . to miss, go wrong, sin. Transliteration: chata Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-taw') Short Definition: sinned. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6485. paqad -- to attend to, visit, muster, appoint
... 1), examine (1), foremen (1), gave (1), had the oversight (1), lack (1), longed
(1), look (1), made him overseer (2), made them overseers (1), miss (2), missed ...
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5737. adar -- to help
... A primitive root; to arrange, as a battle, a vineyard (to hoe); hence, to muster
and so to miss (or find wanting) -- dig, fail, keep (rank), lack. ...
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Library

To Miss Mitford: Authoress of 'Our Village'
... TO MISS MITFORD: AUTHORESS OF 'OUR VILLAGE'. The single eye, the daughter
of the light; Well pleased to recognise in lowliest shade ...
/.../kingsley/andromeda and other poems/to miss mitford authoress of.htm

M. Miss Bremer. Suffering and Action.
... VII. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 320. 8 & 7s. M. Miss Bremer. Suffering and Action. 1 Cheek
grow pale, but heart be vigorous! Body fall, but soul have peace! ...
/.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/320 8 & 7s m.htm

CM Miss Fletcher. Kindly Judgment.
... VI. THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 284. CM Miss Fletcher. Kindly Judgment. 1 Think
gently of the erring one! O, let us not forget, However ...
/.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/284 c m miss fletcher.htm

LM Miss Bremer. Thirst for Living Waters.
... VI. THE CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 236. LM Miss Bremer. Thirst for Living Waters.
1 I thirst!"O, grant the waters pure Which they who ...
/.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/236 l m miss bremer.htm

1872 the Need of a Home Further West --Burning of the Marchmont ...
... The need of a Home further West"Burning of the Marchmont Home"Home restored by Canadian
gifts"Miss Macpherson and Miss Reavell arrive in Canada"First ...
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1877-1879. "They Helped Every one his Neighbour" --Miss Child, a ...
... CHAPTER VII 1877-1879. "They helped every one his neighbour""Miss Child, a
fellow-labourer "The work in Ratcliff Highway"Strangers' Rest for Sailors ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/lowe/gods answers/chapter vii 1877-1879 they helped.htm

Teaching in Canandaigua
... TEACHING IN CANANDAIGUA. In the spring of 1859 began an acquaintance with
one who was ever after one of Miss Swain's dearest friends. ...
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History of the Mt. Byrd Church. When Established. Where. Charter ...
... The following were the charter members: James Lindsey, Hatty Ann Lindsey, William
Maddox, Elizabeth Maddox, David Floyd, John B. Floyd, Miss Mary A. Trout ...
/.../chapter xiii history of the.htm

A New Venture
... post. Miss Jacobsen, an idealist, strong, capable, and critical, gave herself
whole-heartedly to the work for which she had come. ...
/.../cable/the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter iii a new venture.htm

The Next Morning Diamond was up Almost as Early as Before. ...
... The gentleman was Mr. Evans, to whom Miss Coleman was to have been married,
and Diamond had seen him several times with her in the garden. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 26 the next morning.htm

Thesaurus

Miss (7 Occurrences)
... married. See Mistress. 2. (n.) A young unmarried woman or a girl; as, she
is a miss of sixteen. 3. (n.) A kept mistress. See Mistress. ...
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Err (41 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To wander; to roam; to stray. 2. (vi) To
deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. ...
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Lose (59 Occurrences)
... of instruction. 4. (vt) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to
and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way. 5. (vt) To ...
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Lefthanded (2 Occurrences)
... The other instance is that of the 700 selected Benjamites, who, though lefthanded,
"could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss" (Judges 20:16; of 1 ...
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Forgo (1 Occurrence)
... for-go' (from for, negative, and go): Occurs in Ecclesiasticus 7:19, as translation
of astocheo, which means "to miss the mark," "turn or swerve from." "Forgo ...
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Fail (130 Occurrences)
... 6. (vi) To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed,
a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation. ...
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Sling (11 Occurrences)
... There were 700 Benjamites who were so skilled in its use that with the left hand
they "could sling stones at a hair breadth, and not miss" (Judges 20:16; 1 ...
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Offend (24 Occurrences)
... the offense against," the Revised Version (British and American) "a trespass (margin
"or guilt") against Yahweh"; we have also chaTa', "to miss the mark," "to ...
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Offence (27 Occurrences)
... the offense against," the Revised Version (British and American) "a trespass (margin
"or guilt") against Yahweh"; we have also chaTa', "to miss the mark," "to ...
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Missed (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Miss. Multi-Version Concordance
Missed (13 Occurrences). 1 Timothy 1:6 from which things ...
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Bible Concordance

Miss (7 Occurrences)

Mark 4:13 "Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?" He added; "how then will you understand the rest of my parables?"
(WEY)

Judges 20:16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 20:6 If your father miss me at all, then say,'David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 25:15 But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 5:24 You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV NIV)

Proverbs 19:2 It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.
(Root in WEB RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 3:16 It shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says Yahweh, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Yahweh; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Miss

Related Terms

Err (41 Occurrences)

Lose (59 Occurrences)

Lefthanded (2 Occurrences)

Forgo (1 Occurrence)

Fail (130 Occurrences)

Sling (11 Occurrences)

Offend (24 Occurrences)

Offence (27 Occurrences)

Missed (13 Occurrences)