Bible Dictionary: Savage

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Uncivilized; barbarous; untamed; of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

2. (a.) Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.

3. (a.) Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.

4. (a.) Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.

5. (n.) A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.

6. (n.) A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.

7. (v. t.) To make savage.

Greek

66. agrios -- living in the fields, wild, savage, fierce
... living in the fields, wild, savage, fierce. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration:
agrios Phonetic Spelling: (ag'-ree-os) Short Definition: wild, fierce ...
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434. anemeros -- not tame
... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anemeros Phonetic Spelling:
(an-ay'-mer-os) Short Definition: not tame, fierce Definition: not tame, fierce, ...
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4658. Skuthes -- a Scythian, an inhabitant of Scythia (considered ...
... Scythian. Probably of foreign origin; a Scythene or Scythian, ie (by implication)
a savage -- Scythian. (skuthes) -- 1 Occurrence. 4657, 4658. Skuthes. 4659 ...
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926. barus -- heavy
... Word Origin a prim. word Definition heavy NASB Word Usage burdensome (1), heavy
(1), savage (1), serious (1), weightier provisions (1), weighty (1). ...
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Library

A Savage Duel.
... Calvary: Victory A Savage Duel. Once more Jesus is led through these ... that savagely
wounded their pride to utter. The savage duel is over. ...
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By this You May See who are the Rude and Barbarous Indians: for ...
... THE THIRD CENTURY 12 By this you may see who are the rude and barbarous Indians:
For verily there is no savage nation under the cope of Heaven. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/traherne/centuries of meditations/12 by this you may.htm

Religious Dangers
... Not in the barren desert, but in the rich forest, wanders the true savage, eating
and eating all day long, like the ape in the trees above his head; and (I had ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon x religious dangers.htm

Science and the Savages
... The secret of why some savage tribe worships monkeys or the moon is not to be found
even by travelling among those savages and taking down their answers in a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/heretics/xi science and the savages.htm

Work
... No doubt it is much easier and pleasanter for the savage to scratch the seed into
the ground with some rude wooden tool, and sit idle till the grain ripens ...
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General Remarks on the History of Missions in this Age.
... The principle of Christianity must always manifest itself as a reforming principle;
whether it becomes to savage nations"by being engrafted into the wild ...
/.../neander/light in the dark places/general remarks on the history.htm

Whether Cruelty Differs from Savagery or Brutality?
... says (De Clementia ii, 4) that "a man who is angry without being hurt, or with one
who has not offended him, is not said to be cruel, but to be brutal or savage ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether cruelty differs from savagery.htm

The End of Cambyses.
... The two magi."Cambyses suspicious."He plans an invasion of Ethiopia."Island of
Elephantine."The Icthyophagi."Classes of savage nations."Embassadors ...
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For Whereas we are Composed of Two Distinct Natures...
... I mean of body and spirit, of which the one is visible to all, the other invisible,
against both these natures two kinds of barbarous and savage enemies, the ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter vii for whereas we.htm

An Address to the Man who is Down
... After passing through the animal stage, it is believed that man passed through a
long, long discipline in the savage state; so that, in addition to the animal ...
/.../stones rolled away and other addresses to young men/ii an address to the.htm

Thesaurus

Savage (3 Occurrences)
... Uncivilized; barbarous; untamed; of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human
abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness. ...
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Barbarian (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A foreigner. 2. (n.) A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state. ... 4. (n.)
A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. ...
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Magician (5 Occurrences)
... Frazer (Golden Bough(2), I, 61) says: "Magic is a kind of savage logic, an elementary
species of reasoning based on similarity, contiguity and contrast." But ...
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Brute (4 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal;
cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence. ...
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Magic (12 Occurrences)
... Frazer (Golden Bough(2), I, 61) says: "Magic is a kind of savage logic, an elementary
species of reasoning based on similarity, contiguity and contrast." But ...
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Discomfiture (6 Occurrences)
... The apostle represents it as a savage beast of prey, a roaring lion, prowling about
them to seize and devour (5:8, 9). A variety of charges were brought ...
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Semites
... God, or poetically conceived of the storm-cloud as Yahweh's chariot (Psalm 104:3),
we must not be led into believing that his religion was a savage animism, or ...
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Semitic
... God, or poetically conceived of the storm-cloud as Yahweh's chariot (Psalm 104:3),
we must not be led into believing that his religion was a savage animism, or ...
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Nob (6 Occurrences)
... This was observed by Doeg the Edomite, who informed the king, and afterward became
the instrument of Saul's savage vengeance on the priests, and on all the ...
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Unsubdued (1 Occurrence)
... Unsubdued (1 Occurrence). 2 Timothy 3:3 without natural affection, implacable,
slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good, (DBY) ...
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Bible Concordance

Savage (3 Occurrences)

Acts 20:29 For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Timothy 3:3 without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,
(DBY)

Leviticus 26:6 "'I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid; and I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Savage

Related Terms

Barbarian (2 Occurrences)

Magician (5 Occurrences)

Brute (4 Occurrences)

Magic (12 Occurrences)

Discomfiture (6 Occurrences)

Semites

Semitic

Nob (6 Occurrences)

Unsubdued (1 Occurrence)