Bible Dictionary: Mistake

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

2. (v. t.) To take or choose wrongly.

3. (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.

4. (v. t.) To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.

5. (v. t.) To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.

6. (v. i.) To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.

7. (n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.

8. (n.) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.

Greek

2581. Kananaios -- Cananaean, Aramaic for Zealot, surname of one ...
... Canaanite. Of Chaldee origin (compare qanna'); zealous; Cananites, an epithet --
Canaanite (by mistake for a derivative from Chanaan). see GREEK Chanaan. ...
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264. hamartano -- to miss the mark, do wrong, sin
... hamartano Phonetic Spelling: (ham-ar-tan'-o) Short Definition: I sin Definition:
originally: I miss the mark, hence (a) I make a mistake, (b) I sin, commit a ...
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1728. enarchomai -- to begin, to make a beginning
... to begin. From en and archomai; to commence on -- rule (by mistake for archo). see
GREEK en. see GREEK archomai. see GREEK archo. (enarxamenoi) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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4102. pistis -- faith, faithfulness
... do not struggle in the power of the will . . . what a mistake to take our belief
in God and call of faith . . . Christ, the living word, is our sufficiency . ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4870. mishgeh -- a mistake
... 4869, 4870. mishgeh. 4871 . a mistake. Transliteration: mishgeh Phonetic
Spelling: (mish-gay') Short Definition: mistake. Word Origin ...
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6031. anah -- to be bowed down or afflicted
... literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications,
as follows) -- abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for anah ...
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3860. lahen -- on this account, therefore
... Word Origin from a preposition prefix and hen Definition on this account, therefore
NASB Word Usage therefore (2). for them by mistake for prepositional suffix. ...
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6030. anah -- to answer, respond
... To begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce -- give account,
afflict (by mistake for anah), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by ...
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7684. shegagah -- sin of error or inadvertance
... Word Origin from shagag Definition sin of error or inadvertance NASB Word
Usage error (5), mistake (1), unintentionally (14). error ...
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7489. ra'a' -- to be evil, bad
... by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, ie Bad
(physically, socially or morally) -- afflict, associate selves (by mistake for ra ...
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8442. toah -- a wandering, error
... abominable custom, thing, abomination. Feminine active participle of ta'ah; mistake,
ie (morally) impiety, or (political) injury -- error, hinder. ...
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4879. meshugah -- error
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition error NASB Word Usage error (1). error.
From an unused root meaning to stray; mistake -- error. 4878, 4879. ...
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7904. shakah -- perhaps to roam
... roam. A primitive root; to roam (through lust) -- in the morning (by mistake for
shakam). see HEBREW shakam. 7903, 7904. shakah. 7905 . Strong's Numbers.
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5307. naphal -- to fall, lie
... let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing),
fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for palal ...
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Library

A Common Mistake and Lame Excuse
... THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL A COMMON MISTAKE AND LAME EXCUSE. '... He prophesieth
of the times that are far off.'"Ezekiel 12:27. Human ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/a common mistake and lame.htm

But Here Lies the Great Mistake, or Rather Idolatrous Abuse of all ...
... Address 157: But here lies the great mistake, or rather idolatrous abuse
of all God's outward dispensations.� But here lies the ...
/.../address 157 0 0 but here lies.htm

Mistake About Simon Magus.
... Homily II. Chapter XVIII."Mistake About Simon Magus. "Since, then, as I
said, some men do not know the rule of combination, thence ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xviii mistake about simon magus.htm

A Twofold Mistake Respecting Infants.
... A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of
Infants Chapter 64."A Twofold Mistake Respecting Infants. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 64 a twofold mistake respecting.htm

A Father's Mistake.
... A Father's Mistake. There is a little story that has gone the round of the American
press that made a great impression upon me as a father. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/a fathers mistake.htm

Conflicts with Giant Mistake
... CHAPTER EIGHT CONFLICTS WITH GIANT MISTAKE. CONFLICTS WITH GIANT MISTAKE ... But at
first Mistake assumes all the characteristics of a true giant. ...
/.../berry/adventures in the land of canaan/chapter eight conflicts with giant.htm

Rehoboam's Great Mistake
... THE OLD TESTAMENT REHOBOAM'S GREAT MISTAKE. When Solomon died, Rehoboam
his son ruled after him. As soon as Jeroboam, who was still ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/rehoboams great mistake.htm

Self-Guidance a Mistake.
... THE ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY THE FATHERLY PROVIDENCE OF GOD TO THOSE SOULS WHO HAVE
ABANDONED THEMSELVES TO HIM: SECTION VIII."Self-guidance a Mistake. ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/section viii self-guidance a mistake.htm

A Boy's Mistake --A Sad Reconciliation.
... A Boy's Mistake"A Sad Reconciliation. There was an Englishman who had an only
son; and only sons are often petted, and humored, and ruined. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/a boys mistakea sad reconciliation.htm

Of the Impiety of Porphyry, which is Worse than Even the Mistake ...
... Book X. Chapter 27."Of the Impiety of Porphyry, Which is Worse Than Even
the Mistake of Apuleius. How much more tolerable and ...
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Thesaurus

Mistake (5 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive;
as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. ...Mistake (5 Occurrences). ...
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Error (90 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity;
mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in ...
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Err (41 Occurrences)
... aimed at. 3. (vi) To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake
in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken. 4. (vi) To ...
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Rehoboam (42 Occurrences)
... territory of the tribe of Benjamin. The mistake of Rehoboam, was the common
mistake of despots. He presumed too much on privilege ...
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Trip (4 Occurrences)
... 4. (ni) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality,
propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail. ...
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Miss (7 Occurrences)
... 13. (n.) Loss; want; felt absence. 14. (n.) Mistake; error; fault. 15. (n.) Harm
from mistake. Multi-Version Concordance Miss (7 Occurrences). ...
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Hadad (38 Occurrences)
... ha'-dad: (1) (chadhadh, "sharpness"): One of the twelve sons of Ishmael (Genesis
25:15, where the King James Version, following a mistake in Hebrew text, has ...
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Strange (234 Occurrences)
... probable that Moses had forbidden Aaron and his sons to place strange fire upon
the altar.") A verbal injunction of Moses must have preceded the fatal mistake. ...
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On (40792 Occurrences)
... Only the placing of the vowel-points makes any difference. If there is a mistake,
it is a mistake of the Massoretes, not of the Hebrew writer. ...
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Mist (17 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Mistake (5 Occurrences)

Genesis 43:12 and take double money in your hand, and take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.
(See NAS NIV)

Leviticus 22:14 "'If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.
(See NIV)

Judges 9:36 When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, "Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains." Zebul said to him, "You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men."
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 5:6 Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 42:20 For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Mistake

Related Terms

Error (90 Occurrences)

Err (41 Occurrences)

Rehoboam (42 Occurrences)

Trip (4 Occurrences)

Miss (7 Occurrences)

Hadad (38 Occurrences)

Strange (234 Occurrences)

On (40792 Occurrences)

Mist (17 Occurrences)