Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Meanly covetous or petty; stingy; closefisted.
2. (adv.) In a niggard manner.
Strong's Hebrew
3596. kilay -- a rascal... churl. Or kelay {kay-lah'-ee}; from kuwl in the sense of withholding;
niggardly --
churl. see HEBREW kuwl. 3595, 3596. kilay or kelay. 3597 . Strong's Numbers
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How those are to be Admonished who Desire not the Things of Others ...
... For a fig-tree without fruit cumbers the ground, when the soul of the niggardly
keeps unprofitably what might have benefited many. ...
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Concerning the Exhortation to be Addressed Many at Once, that it ...
... that the soft-hearted be so inflamed to zeal that yet fire be not added to the wrathful;
that liberality in giving be so infused into the niggardly that yet ...
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Time Changes Nations' Dresses --And Fortunes.
... and the due proportion of the size, in that they were neither prodigally long across
the shins, nor immodestly scanty between the knees, nor niggardly to the ...
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The Second Part.
... In all cheape and easie duties, prodigall: niggardly & slothfull in the waighty
things of the Law: these have at command good words, countenance, yea teares ...
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Wrong Derivation of the Word Theos the Name Indicative of the True ...
... be a foot in diameter. Thus far you must confess [843] men were niggardly in
even celestial objects. In process of time their ambitious ...
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On the Fall
... accuse our parents of grudging it to us, and listen to the voice of the tempter,
as Eve did, when the serpent tried to make out that God was niggardly to her ...
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Chapter xxxi
... Apparently, Laban himself was doing far better than when Jacob first arrived. But
Laban's sons have too much of the niggardly spirit of their father. ...
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Glossary
... Namely. Specially. Onehead. Union. Out! Alas. Pincher. A covetous or niggardly person.
Ravishing. Ecstasy. Reckless. Indifferent. Ronker. A whisperer. Ronner. ...
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Beauty for Ashes
... men require substantial meals amid their exhausting toil; and, as I feel that the
Lord of the harvest would not have his laborers treated niggardly, I have to ...
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Meditations of the Misery of a Man not Reconciled to God in Christ ...
... for all the benefits which God bestowed on them, they became malcontent with their
present state, as if God had dealt enviously or niggardly with them; and ...
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Thesaurus
Niggardly (1 Occurrence)... 1. (a.) Meanly covetous or petty; stingy; closefisted. 2. (adv.) In a niggard
manner. Multi-Version Concordance
Niggardly (1 Occurrence).
.../n/niggardly.htm - 6kForget (77 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 9:6 But do not forget that he who sows with a niggardly hand will
also reap a niggardly crop, and that he who sows bountifully will also reap ...
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Crop (33 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 9:6 But do not forget that he who sows with a niggardly hand will
also reap a niggardly crop, and that he who sows bountifully will also reap ...
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Narrow (21 Occurrences)
... 5. (superl.) Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind;
narrow views. 6. (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish. ...
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Niger (1 Occurrence)
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Generous (17 Occurrences)
... spirited; courageous. 3. (a.) Open-handed; free to give; not close or niggardly;
munificent; as, a generous friend or father. 4. (a ...
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Miserly (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
Multi-Version Concordance Miserly (1 Occurrence). ...
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Miserable (11 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Worthless; mean; despicable; as, a miserable fellow; a miserable dinner.
4. (a.) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly. 5. (n.) A miserable person. ...
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Pinch (3 Occurrences)
... the shoe pinches. 7. (vi) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. 8. (vi)
To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. 9. (n.) A close ...
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Churlish (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious;
surly; illiberal; niggardly. 2. (a.) Wanting pliancy ...
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Bible Concordance
Niggardly (1 Occurrence)2 Corinthians 9:6 But do not forget that he who sows with a niggardly hand will also reap a niggardly crop, and that he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
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