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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.

2. (n.) A quarrel; a contention.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

OUTCAST

out'-kast: Represents some form of dachah, or nadhach, both meaning "thrust out." In Jeremiah 30:17 "outcast" means "thrust out of society," "degraded person"; elsewhere it means "exile" (Psalm 147:2 Isaiah 16:3 Jeremiah 49:36).

Greek

3014. lepra -- leprosy
... To contract this ailment meant the leper was reduced to a social outcast --
barred from all the activities at the Temple. See 3015 (). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1760. dachah -- to push, thrust
... chase, drive away on, overthrow, outcast, sore, thrust, totter. Or dachach
{Jer. 23:12) {daw-khakh'}; a primitive root; to push down ...
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5080. nadach -- to impel, thrust, banish
... banished one (3), bring down (1), dispersed (1), drawn away (2), drive (3), driven
(11), driven away (5), hunted (1), led...astray (1), outcast (2), outcasts (6 ...
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4788. marud -- restlessness, straying
... cast out, misery. From ruwd in the sense of maltreatment; an outcast; (abstractly)
destitution -- cast out, misery. see HEBREW ruwd. 4787b, 4788. marud. 4789 ...
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6849. tsephiah -- perhaps offshoot
... issue. Feminine from the same as tsepha'; an outcast thing -- issue. see HEBREW
tsepha'. 6848b, 6849. tsephiah. 6850 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

The Outcast
... The Outcast. FM Matthew 8:20. ... Whilst yet we walk through the weary land,. Where we
bear the outcast name,. Where the foxes have holes, and the birds have nests,. ...
/.../bevan/hymns of ter steegen suso and others/the outcast.htm

David the Outcast.
... THE OLD TESTAMENT CHAPTER XXII. DAVID THE OUTCAST. For seven years King Saul
hunted David from one end of the land of Israel to the other. ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxii david the outcast.htm

Ciii. Zacchæus. Parable of the Pounds. Journey to Jerusalem.
... Zacchæus had not consented to become a social outcast without reaping his reward.]
3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd ...
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Growing Faith.
... Womanhood was debased and held down in the way all too familiar always and
everywhere. And a moral outcast ranks lowest in influence. ...
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The Murderous Rejection.
... He becomes an outcast, with all that that means. It's a fine touch that Jesus hunts
up this outcast and gives him a free entrance into His own circle. ...
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Christ's Touch
... instinctive, without the thought of anything but the suffering that it sees, which
gushes out and leads Him to put forth His hand to the outcast beggars, the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/christs touch.htm

Melted by Kindness
... I. First, note the outcast, drawn by imperfect motives to Jesus Christ. ... III.
And so, lastly, notice the outcast melted by kindness. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/melted by kindness.htm

Jesus and the Blind Man.
... When the drunkard has delirium tremens, or the rake is on the rack of a ruined
constitution, or an outcast woman is dying in shame, they are all reaping what ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/jesus and the blind man.htm

Thou Spreadest Before Me a Table in the Presence of Mine Enemies.
... For what is wisdom with men is foolishness with God,(61) the weak things of earth
are the strong things of Heaven, the outcast of the world are the chosen of ...
/.../callan/the shepherd of my soul/ix thou spreadest before me.htm

The Joint Heirs and their Divine Portion
... When we are poor, and in eternity have no shelter; when we in the next world shall
find no heaven and no bliss,"then, wandering as outcast orphans, we shall ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/the joint heirs and their.htm

Thesaurus

Outcast (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A quarrel; a contention. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. OUTCAST. out ...
Multi-Version Concordance Outcast (6 Occurrences). Deuteronomy ...
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Devices (43 Occurrences)
... are' as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God
doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not ...
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Devised (35 Occurrences)
... are' as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God
doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not ...
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Outbursts (5 Occurrences)

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Outcasts (13 Occurrences)

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Accept (106 Occurrences)
... are' as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God
doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not ...
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Running (135 Occurrences)
... are' as water which is running down to the earth, which is not gathered, and God
doth not accept a person, and hath devised devices in that the outcast is not ...
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Zacchaeus (3 Occurrences)
... a sinner and renegade who was unworthy to be numbered among the sons of Abraham,
and was yet chosen by our Lord to be His host, so the social outcast of modern ...
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Luke (4 Occurrences)
... and the Saviour of mankind;" the "Gospel of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood
of man;" "the Gospel of womanhood;" "the Gospel of the outcast, of the ...
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Ishmaelite (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) One at enmity with society; a wanderer; a vagabond; an outcast. 3. (n.)
See Ismaelian. Multi-Version Concordance Ishmaelite (3 Occurrences). ...
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Bible Concordance

Outcast (6 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 30:4 If any of your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens, from there will Yahweh your God gather you, and from there he will bring you back:
(Root in WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 14:13 And the woman saith, 'And why hast thou thought thus concerning the people of God? yea, the king is speaking this thing as a guilty one, in that the king hath not brought back his outcast;
(YLT)

2 Samuel 14:14 For we must die, and are as water split on the ground, which can't be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT RSV)

Nehemiah 1:9 but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.
(Root in WEB ASV YLT)

Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh; because they have called you an outcast, saying, It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Zephaniah 3:19 Lo, I am dealing with all afflicting thee at that time, And I have saved the halting one, And the driven out ones I do gather, And have set them for a praise and for a name, In all the land of their shame.
(See NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Outcast

Related Terms

Devices (43 Occurrences)

Devised (35 Occurrences)

Outbursts (5 Occurrences)

Outcasts (13 Occurrences)

Accept (106 Occurrences)

Running (135 Occurrences)

Zacchaeus (3 Occurrences)

Luke (4 Occurrences)

Ishmaelite (3 Occurrences)