Bible Dictionary: Shocking

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shock.

2. (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting.

Greek

766. aselgeia -- licentiousness, wantonness
... Transliteration: aselgeia Phonetic Spelling: (as-elg'-ia) Short Definition: wantonness,
lewdness Definition: (outrageous conduct, conduct shocking to public ...
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Library

The Crucifixion.
... not like to go into particulars, for many reasons; but one of those instances which
we read of as happening in this day, and which seems more shocking than the ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol vii/sermon x the crucifixion.htm

Sin's Brood.
... At first flush that sounds shocking, as indeed it is. It seems as if this description
can apply only to degraded savages and to earth's darkest corners. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/sins brood.htm

Matt. vi. 24
... But if this be shocking, its taking place in our deeds, our preferring the tyranny
of gold to the fear of God, is much more shocking. "What then? ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xxi matt vi 24.htm

Ephesians v. 5, 6
... see it reeking with the blood of bullocks and goats; but when thou shalt pass by
the altar of covetousness, thou shalt see it breathing the shocking odor of ...
/.../homily xviii ephesians v 5.htm

Worship
... be horrible in his sight. There is something very shocking in that; at
least to Church people like us. If we were Dissenters, who ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/the good news of god/sermon vi worship.htm

The victory of Life (Preached at the Chapel Royal. )
... it. The more often one sees it, the less one grows accustomed to it. Its
very commonness makes it all the more shocking. We may ...
/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon iii the victory of.htm

Pious Little Peter.
... idle about on the Sabbath day, who swear and steal. O shocking! shocking!
O what a blessing to have good parents." On requesting ...
/.../wesley/stories of boys and girls who loved the saviour/pious little peter.htm

This is He who Took a Bodily Form in the virgin
... And who was this? (that which we shall not say is too shocking to hear, and that
which we shall say is very dreadful: nevertheless hearken, and tremble.) It ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the decretals/v this is he who.htm

The Knowledge of God
... part another. It sounds shocking, I am sure you will feel, when I put it
into plain English. I wish it to sound shocking. I wish ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxi the knowledge of.htm

The Popes at Avignon; the Ruin of the Templars (Ad 1303-1312)
... He caused all sorts of shocking charges to be brought against the dead pope, and
demanded that he should be condemned as a heretic, and that his body should be ...
/.../chapter xvii the popes at.htm

Thesaurus

Shocking (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Shocking (3 Occurrences). Jeremiah 5:30 A thing
of wonder and fear has come about in the land; (See NIV). ...
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Shocked (8 Occurrences)

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Outrageous (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency;
shocking; atrocious. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. OUTRAGE; OUTRAGEOUS. ...
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Frightful (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking;
as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. ...
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Fright (3 Occurrences)
... duration; a sudden alarm. 2. (n.) Anything strange, ugly or shocking,
producing a feeling of alarm or aversion. 3. (n.) To alarm ...
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Barefoot (7 Occurrences)
... For instance, it was considered then, as it is now in the Moslem world, profane
and shocking, nothing short of a desecration, to enter a sanctuary, or walk on ...
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Shocks (2 Occurrences)

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Horrible (12 Occurrences)
... (a.) Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking;
hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder. Int. ...
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Horrid (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Rough; rugged; bristling. 2. (a.) Fitted to excite horror; dreadful; hideous;
shocking; hence, very offensive. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Horror (51 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror
and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking. ...
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Bible Concordance

Shocking (3 Occurrences)

Jeremiah 5:30 A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 18:13 So this is what the Lord has said: Make search among the nations and see who has had word of such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very shocking thing.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 23:14 And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a shocking thing; they are untrue to their wives, walking in deceit, and they make strong the hands of evil-doers, so that a man may not be turned back from his evil-doing: they have all become like Sodom to me, and its people like Gomorrah.
(BBE)

Subtopics

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Related Terms

Shocked (8 Occurrences)

Outrageous (1 Occurrence)

Frightful (2 Occurrences)

Fright (3 Occurrences)

Barefoot (7 Occurrences)

Shocks (2 Occurrences)

Horrible (12 Occurrences)

Horrid (2 Occurrences)

Horror (51 Occurrences)