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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MUTILATION

mu-ti-la'-shun.

See PUNISHMENTS.

Greek

2699. katatome -- concision, mutilation
... concision, mutilation. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: katatome
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-at-om-ay') Short Definition: a mutilation, spoiling ...
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Library

Self-Mutilation for Self-Preservation
... XVIII to XXVIII SELF-MUTILATION FOR SELF-PRESERVATION. ... Christ rests His command of
self-denial and self-mutilation upon the highest ground of self-interest. ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture b/self-mutilation for self-preservation.htm

The Interpretation of the Mutilation of Atys which the Doctrine of ...
... Book VII. Chapter 25."The Interpretation of the Mutilation of Atys Which
the Doctrine of the Greek Sages Set Forth. Varro has ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 25 the interpretation of the.htm

General Review of the Question: Summary of the Evidence; and ...
... was imperfect from the very first, a thing altogether incredible (p.246):"But that
at some very remote period Copies have suffered mutilation, a supposition ...
/.../chapter xii general review of.htm

Like Gods, Like Worshippers.
... are produced of Saturn devouring his sons, and of the boy hidden by the cymbals
and drums of the Corybantes; and with respect to the mutilation of Saturn, what ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xxxvii like gods like worshippers.htm

Of the Presbyter Anastasius, by whom the Faith of Nestorius was ...
... in the First Catholic epistle of John it was written in the ancient copies, [1007]
Every spirit that separates Jesus, is not of God.' The mutilation of this ...
/.../chapter xxxii of the presbyter anastasius.htm

Letter xvii. --To Eustathia, Ambrosia, and Basilissa . To the Most ...
... congenital to it in the first instance, but are its unnatural accretions, so activity
in the direction of sin is to be thought of as a mere mutilation of the ...
/.../letter xvii to eustathia ambrosia and.htm

The Persecution of Diocletian.
... behalf of the truth, but thou appearest to have received no bodily injury, neither
hast thou suffered martyrdom, but thou hast remained alive with no mutilation ...
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Expositions of Holy Scripture
... CONTENTS. THE LAW OF PRECEDENCE IN THE KINGDOM. SELF-MUTILATION FOR SELF-PRESERVATION.
THE LOST SHEEP AND THE SEEKING SHEPHERD. PERSISTENCE OF THWARTED LOVE. ...
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Preface
... clear and transparent in its smallest details and in its general effect as to seem
outside the pale of all possible mutilation and misinterpretation by malice ...
/.../kane/greater things the story of saint stanislaus kostka /preface.htm

Thesaurus

Mutilation (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MUTILATION. mu-ti-la'-shun. See PUNISHMENTS.
Multi-Version Concordance Mutilation (1 Occurrence). ...
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Eunuch (20 Occurrences)
... found as renderings (compare Genesis 37:36; Genesis 39:1, where caric is applied
to married men; Esther 4:4). The barbarous practice of self-mutilation and the ...
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Concision (1 Occurrence)
... katatome; ie, "mutilation"), a term used by Paul contemptuously of those who were
zealots for circumcision (Philippians 3:2). Instead of the warning, "Beware ...
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Nicanor (1 Occurrence)
... of the final conflict (Adasa) is given only as "in the region of Samaria" (15:1).
According to this account, it was Judas who ordered the mutilation of Nicanor ...
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Virgin (62 Occurrences)
... of the Lord's person in such a way as to involve either a very important contribution
to the doctrine of the incarnation or a very serious mutilation of the ...
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Punishments (31 Occurrences)
... Instances are found in the life of Christ (Matthew 26:59, 67 Luke 22:63 John
18:22); also in the life of Paul (Acts 23:2). (12) Mutilation (Judges 1:6, 7 ...
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Birth (357 Occurrences)
... of the Lord's person in such a way as to involve either a very important contribution
to the doctrine of the incarnation or a very serious mutilation of the ...
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Nail (9 Occurrences)
... and pare her nails." The latter was probably intended to prevent her from marring
her beauty by scratching her face, an act of self-mutilation oriental women ...
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Mutilated (3 Occurrences)

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Maim (4 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury;
deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Bible Concordance

Mutilation (1 Occurrence)

Leviticus 22:25 Neither shall you offer the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner of any of these; because their corruption is in them. There is a blemish in them. They shall not be accepted for you.'"
(See RSV)

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Eunuch (20 Occurrences)

Concision (1 Occurrence)

Nicanor (1 Occurrence)

Virgin (62 Occurrences)

Punishments (31 Occurrences)

Birth (357 Occurrences)

Nail (9 Occurrences)

Mutilated (3 Occurrences)

Maim (4 Occurrences)