Bible Dictionary: Petty

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(superl.) Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince.

Greek

2485. ichthudion -- a little fish
... of ichthus Definition a little fish NASB Word Usage small fish (2). small fish.
Diminutive from ichthus; a petty fish -- little (small) fish. see GREEK ichthus. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4705. mitsar -- a small thing
... little one while, small. From tsa'ar; petty (in size or number); adverbially, a
short (time) -- little one (while), small. see HEBREW tsa'ar. 4704, 4705. ...
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Library

Petty Dishonesty.
... XLVI. PETTY DISHONESTY. 9th Sunday after Trinity. S. Luke 16, 3, 4. "What
shall I do?"I am resolved what to do.". INTRODUCTION."The ...
/.../the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/xlvi petty dishonesty.htm

Night and Day (Preached at the Chapel Royal)
... Some upon gain, some upon pleasure, some upon petty self-interest, petty quarrels,
petty ambitions, petty squabbles and jealousies about this person and that ...
/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon v night and day.htm

Strong Souls.
... element in the case: there may be sad and quiet years which do not count: we have
known existences which crept on in one dull round, from petty pleasure to ...
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The Shaking of the Heavens and the Earth (Preached at the Chapel ...
... is an age like the Middle Age, in which men dared to fancy that they could and did
know all about earth and heaven; and set up their petty cosmogonies, their ...
/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon vi the shaking of.htm

Deceased was Now that My Evil and Abominable Youth...
... and thus shouldest Thou make the several portions of Thyself present unto the several
portions of the world, in fragments, large to the large, petty to the ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter i deceased was now.htm

Letter P
... 1807 * Peter, Simon "Received 1816, Expelled 1837 * Peter, William "Received 1819 *
Pettengale, Erastus "Received 1835 * Petty, Ewell "Received 1823 ...
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He that is Unjust in the Least is Unjust Also in Much. Luke 16:10.
... business. Or that it is certain, if a man will commit petty thefts and
depredations, that he will commit highway robbery. There ...
/.../finney/lectures to professing christians/he that is unjust in.htm

The Hermit and the Boy
... He loathed the petty baseness of partisan wranglings, with their accompaniment
of subterranean intrigues and bitter personalities. ...
/.../chapter v the hermit and.htm

Jacob Jones; Or, the Man who Couldn't Get Along in the World.
... of one thousand dollars for personal expenses, five hundred dollars for store-rent,
seven hundred dollars for clerk and porter, and for petty and contingent ...
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The Saint Resumes the History of Her Life. Aiming at Perfection. ...
... better first, as I did before when I ceased to pray, [5]"and perhaps I never should
have become better; for I had now sunk so deeply into the petty ways of ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/chapter xxiii the saint resumes.htm

Thesaurus

Petty (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (superl.) Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior;
subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince. ...Petty (1 Occurrence). ...
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Tirhakah (2 Occurrences)
... The 20 petty kings installed in Egypt by Esar-haddon were restored by Assur-bani-
pal, but they feared the vengeance of Tirhakah after the Assyrian army had ...
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Pilfer (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practice petty
theft. 2. (vt) To take by petty theft; to filch; to steal little by little. ...
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Canaan (102 Occurrences)
... The petty kings of Canaan paid tribute to their Babylonian suzerain, and Babylonian
officials and "commerical travelers" (damgari) frequented the country. ...
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Canaanites (63 Occurrences)
... The petty kings of Canaan paid tribute to their Babylonian suzerain, and Babylonian
officials and "commerical travelers" (damgari) frequented the country. ...
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Quartermaster (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like,
under the direction of the master. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Vain (141 Occurrences)
... 3. (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion
of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up ...
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Knavery (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Dishonesty; deceitfulness; petty tricks; fraud;
trickery; as, a knavish action. 2. (n.) Roguish or mischievous tricks. ...
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Niggardly (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Meanly covetous or petty; stingy; closefisted.
2. (adv.) In a niggard manner. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Nathanael (6 Occurrences)
... (John 1:46), was prompted, not by any ill repute of the place, but by its
petty insignificance and familiarity in Nathanael's eyes. ...
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Bible Concordance

Petty (1 Occurrence)

1 Corinthians 6:2 Do you not know that God's people will sit in judgement upon the world? And if you are the court before which the world is to be judged, are you unfit to deal with these petty matters?
(WEY)

Subtopics

Petty

Related Terms

Tirhakah (2 Occurrences)

Pilfer (2 Occurrences)

Canaan (102 Occurrences)

Canaanites (63 Occurrences)

Quartermaster (1 Occurrence)

Vain (141 Occurrences)

Knavery (2 Occurrences)

Niggardly (1 Occurrence)

Nathanael (6 Occurrences)