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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.

2. (a.) of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.

Greek

4027. perikatharma -- that which is cleaned off, refuse
... 4027 ("rubbish") describes someone as "the filth of the world, representing 'the
most abject and despicable men' (Grimm-Thayer) -- the scum or rubbish of ...
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4657. skubalon -- refuse
... in Phil 3:8). Word Origin of uncertain origin Definition refuse NASB Word
Usage rubbish (1). garbage, dung. Neuter of a presumed ...
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5522. choos -- dust.
... Word Origin see chous. dust. From the base of cheimon; a heap (as poured out), ie
Rubbish; loose dirt -- dust. see GREEK cheimon. (choun) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6083. aphar -- dry earth, dust
... Usage ashes (2), debris (2), dirt (1), dry soil (1), dust (91), dusty (1), earth
(5), ground (1), heap (2), loose earth (1), plaster (3), rubbish (1), rubble (1 ...
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5122. nevalu -- a refuse heap
... Word Origin (Aramaic) perhaps of foreign origin Definition a refuse heap
NASB Word Usage refuse heap (1), rubbish heap (2). dunghill. ...
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830. ashpoth -- an ash heap, refuse heap, dunghill
... or (contraction) shphoth {shef-ohth'}; plural of a noun of the same form as 'ashpah,
from shaphah (in the sense of scraping); a heap of rubbish or filth ...
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4596. mei -- perhaps ruin heap
... heap. From avah; a pile of rubbish (as contorted), ie A ruin (compare iy) -- heap.
see HEBREW avah. see HEBREW iy. 4595, 4596. mei. 4597 . Strong's Numbers
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Library

That the Holy Sepulchre had Been Covered with Rubbish and with ...
... Book III. Chapter XXVI."That the Holy Sepulchre had been covered with
Rubbish and with Idols by the Ungodly. For it had been in ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxvi that the holy sepulchre.htm

Discouragements and Courage
... And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there
is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.11. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/discouragements and courage.htm

Centenary Commemoration of the Consecration of Bishop Seabury. ...
... Will they sacrifice? Will they make an end in a day? Will they revive the
stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? ...
/.../centenary commemoration of the consecration.htm

Boehme's Universe
... symbolism of alchemy and astrology, and he was obliged to force his spiritual insight
into a language which for us has become largely an antique rubbish heap.[5 ...
/.../chapter x boehmes universe.htm

Enthusiasm and Full Salvation.
... thorough in Thy service, and to go and win souls for Thee." "Very well," the Lord
says, "I am ready to come into the temple, if you will clear out the rubbish. ...
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The Gospel According to --You.
... old, grey, stone monkery in the Near East, and they have run across old manuscripts
hidden away in some dark cell, covered with dust and with rubbish, perhaps. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/the gospel according toyou.htm

Other New Testament Names for "Being Filled with the Spirit. "
... How? why? Because so much rubbish has fallen in that the well is choked. Clear out
the well, and the water will spring up again as in Christ's day. ...
/.../macneil/the spirit-filled life/chapter viii other new testament.htm

To the Rev. Andrew Brandram
... They were Spanish contrabandistas, or smugglers of the lowest class, and earned
a miserable livelihood by smuggling such rubbish from Portugal into Spain. ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev andrew brandram.htm

A Reasonable Service
... Back in the Old Testament times for fourteen years there had been no song in the
temple, for it was filled with rubbish and uncleanness, but the rubbish was ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chapman/and judas iscariot/a reasonable service.htm

The Builders on the Wall
... will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?" Tobiah,
still more contemptuous, added, "Even that which they build, if a fox go ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 53 the builders on.htm

Thesaurus

Rubbish (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.
Multi-Version Concordance Rubbish (5 Occurrences). ...
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Rubble (17 Occurrences)
... will they sacrifice? will they make an end this day? will they revive the stones
out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?' (See NAS NIV). ...
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Litter (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness;
scattered rubbish. 4. (n.) Disorder or untidiness resulting ...
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Gihon (6 Occurrences)
... which lies on the opposite side of this ridge at the head of the Tyropoeon
("cheesemakers'") valley, or valley of the son of Hinnom, now filled up by rubbish. ...
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Jacob's (34 Occurrences)
... At present the rubbish in the well has been cleared out; but there is still a domed
structure over it, and you gaze down the shaft cut in the living rock and ...
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Rubbing (7 Occurrences)

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Gezer (14 Occurrences)
... The approach is steep on every side, and in early times, before the accumulation
around the sides of the rubbish of some millenniums, must have been much more ...
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Feeble (147 Occurrences)
... will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of
rubbish, seeing they are burned? (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)
... The modern Jerusalem by-and-by began to be built over the immense beds of rubbish
resulting from the overthrow of the ancient city; and whilst it occupies ...
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Offal (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A dead body; carrion. 3. (n.) That which is thrown away as worthless or
unfit for use; refuse; rubbish. Multi-Version Concordance Offal (6 Occurrences). ...
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Bible Concordance

Rubbish (5 Occurrences)

Philippians 3:8 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
(See NAS NIV)

Nehemiah 4:2 He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Nehemiah 4:10 Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Daniel 2:5 The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
(See NAS)

Daniel 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Rubbish

Related Terms

Rubble (17 Occurrences)

Litter (1 Occurrence)

Gihon (6 Occurrences)

Jacob's (34 Occurrences)

Rubbing (7 Occurrences)

Gezer (14 Occurrences)

Feeble (147 Occurrences)

Jerusalem (782 Occurrences)

Offal (6 Occurrences)