Bible Dictionary: Poorly

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (adv.) In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.

2. (adv.) With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business.

3. (adv.) Meanly; without spirit.

4. (adv.) Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly.

5. (a.) Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.

Greek

1130. gumniteuo -- to be naked or poorly clothed
... to be naked or poorly clothed. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: gumniteuo Phonetic
Spelling: (goom-nayt-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I am poorly clad ...
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1131. gumnos -- naked, poorly clothed
... naked, poorly clothed. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: gumnos Phonetic
Spelling: (goom-nos') Short Definition: wearing only the under-garment, bare ...
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Library

A Prisoner who Became a Mighty Ruler
... Then seven other cows came up after them out of the Nile, poorly fed and thin,
and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/a prisoner who became a.htm

Brorson's Childhood and Youth
... Its once fine buildings were decaying; its faculty, which in former times included
some of the best known savants of the country, was poorly paid and poorly ...
/.../hymns and hymnwriters of denmark/chapter eight brorsons childhood and.htm

Joseph, a Servant, a Prisoner, and a Saint.
... Behind them came seven other cows, looking thin and poorly fed, and the
thin and poorly fed cows ate up the well-kept and fat ones. ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter vii joseph a servant.htm

Christian Consolation in Loneliness
... He who cannot retire within himself, and find his best resources there, is fitted,
perhaps, for the smoother passages of life, but poorly prepared for all life ...
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Ignatius Leaves his Native Land --What He did at Montserrat and at ...
... He was sorely troubled as he thought over the conduct of his recent fellow-traveler,
and felt that he had but poorly acquitted himself of his duty of honoring ...
/.../loyola/the autobiography of st ignatius/chapter ii ignatius leaves his.htm

'Thine is the Kingdom'
... I have felt all along how poorly my words served me to say even what I saw, and
how poorly my vision saw into the clear depths of the divine prayer. ...
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Chapter xxi
... Such sallies at the reliability of the Word, though poorly substantiated, are yet
extremely harmful. The initial we is adversative (KS360 b). 14. ...
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The Ten Commandments
... We must fear and love God, so that we will neither take our neighbor's money or
property, nor acquire it by fraud or by selling him poorly made products, but ...
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The Conflict.
... The arts and astronomy of Egypt harmonize very poorly with the idea that modern
scientists have all the wisdom and intelligence known in the history of the ages ...
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Concerning Christian Liberty
... a living fountain, springing up into eternal life, as Christ calls it in John
4.p>Now, though I cannot boast of my abundance, and though I know how poorly I am ...
/.../luther/concerning christian liberty/concerning christian liberty.htm

Thesaurus

Poorly (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (adv.) In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable
provision for comfort; as, to live poorly. ...Poorly (3 Occurrences). ...
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Poplar (4 Occurrences)

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Naked (56 Occurrences)
... This word denotes (1) absolute nakedness (Genesis 2:25; Job 1:21; Ecclesiastes
5:15; Micah 1:8; Amos 2:16); (2) being poorly clad (Isaiah 58:7; James 2:15). ...
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Lacks (27 Occurrences)
... given to him. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). James 2:15 Suppose a Christian brother or
sister is poorly clad or lacks daily food, (WEY). 2 Peter 1 ...
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Render (95 Occurrences)
... 9. (vt) To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders
his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a ...
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Dream (82 Occurrences)
... normal waking experience, it will easily be seen that the excitation of certain
centers will awaken certain trains of thought which are but poorly related to ...
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Dreamer (4 Occurrences)
... normal waking experience, it will easily be seen that the excitation of certain
centers will awaken certain trains of thought which are but poorly related to ...
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Drinker (6 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 23:21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be
in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed. (See NAS). ...
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Meanly (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (adv.) Moderately. 2. (adv.) In a mean manner; unworthily;
basely; poorly; ungenerously. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Perform (155 Occurrences)
... self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to
play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician ...
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Bible Concordance

Poorly (3 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 4:11 Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
(See NAS)

James 2:15 Suppose a Christian brother or sister is poorly clad or lacks daily food,
(WEY)

Proverbs 23:21 For those who take delight in drink and feasting will come to be in need; and through love of sleep a man will be poorly clothed.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Poorly

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