Bible Dictionary: Solitary

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely.

2. (a.) Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary life.

3. (a.) Not much visited or frequented remote from society; retired; lonely; as, a solitary residence or place.

4. (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert.

5. (a.) Single; individual; sole; as, a solitary instance of vengeance; a solitary example.

6. (a.) Not associated with others of the same kind.

7. (n.) One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchoret; a hermit; a recluse.

Greek

2048. eremos -- solitary, desolate
... solitary, desolate. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: eremos Phonetic Spelling:
(er'-ay-mos) Short Definition: deserted, desolate, a desert Definition ...
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3441. monos -- alone
... alone. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: monos Phonetic Spelling:
(mon'-os) Short Definition: only, solitary, desolate Definition: only, solitary ...
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3443. monoo -- to leave alone, forsake
... forsake. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: monoo Phonetic Spelling:
(mon-o'-o) Short Definition: I leave alone Definition: I leave alone (solitary), ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3173. yachid -- only, only one, solitary
... only, only one, solitary. Transliteration: yachid Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-kheed')
Short Definition: only. ... darling, desolate, only child, son, solitary. ...
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1565. galmud -- hard, barren
... desolate, solitary. Probably by prolonged from galam; sterile (as wrapped up too
hard); figuratively, desolate -- desolate, solitary. see HEBREW galam. ...
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1509. gezerah -- separation
... 1508, 1509. gezerah. 1510 . separation. Transliteration: gezerah Phonetic
Spelling: (ghez-ay-raw') Short Definition: solitary. Word ...
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6723. tsiyyah -- dryness, drought
... barren, drought, dry land, place, solitary place, wilderness. From an unused
root meaning to parch; aridity; concretely, a desert ...
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3452. yeshimon -- waste, wilderness
... desert, Jeshimon, solitary, wilderness. From yasham; a desolation -- desert, Jeshimon,
solitary, wilderness. see HEBREW yasham. 3451, 3452. yeshimon. 3453 ...
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910. badad -- isolation, separation
... alone, desolate, only, solitary. From badad; separate; adverb, separately -- alone,
desolate, only, solitary. see HEBREW badad. 909, 910. badad. 911 . ...
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909. badad -- to be separate, isolated
... 2), straggler (1). alone. A primitive root; to divide, ie (reflex.) Be solitary --
alone. 908, 909. badad. 910 . Strong's Numbers.
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338. i -- a jackal
... Probably identical with 'iy (through the idea of a doleful sound); a howler (used
only in the plural), ie Any solitary wild creature; --wild beast of the ...
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198. Ulam -- two Israelites
... NASB Word Usage Ulam (4). Ulam. Appar, from 'alam (in the sense of dumbness); solitary;
Ulam, the name of two Israelites -- Ulam. see HEBREW 'alam. 197, 198. ...
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Library

Solitary Prayer
... I to VIII SOLITARY PRAYER. ... Christ came not to carry solitary souls by a solitary
pathway to heaven, but to set the solitary in families and to rear up a church. ...
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A Solitary Way.
... A SOLITARY WAY. There is a mystery in human hearts, And though we be encircled
by a host Of those who love us well, and are beloved ...
/.../orr/food for the lambs or helps for young christians/a solitary way.htm

Of the Praise of Solitary Life and of the First Lovers Thereof ...
... BOOK I CHAPTER XIV OF THE PRAISE OF SOLITARY LIFE AND OF THE FIRST LOVERS THEREOF:
AND THAT LOVE OF GOD STANDS IN HEAT, SONG, AND SWEETNESS: AND THAT REST IS ...
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Letter xxiii. To a Solitary.
... TOU AGIOU BAChILEIOU PERI TOU PNEUMATOCh BIBLION. Letter XXIII. To a Solitary.
A certain man, as he says, on condemning the vanity ...
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That Solitary or Hermit's Life Passes Common and Mixed Life. And ...
... THE FIRE OF LOVE. BOOK I CHAPTER XIII THAT SOLITARY OR HERMIT'S LIFE PASSES COMMON
AND MIXED LIFE. ... Truly they praise not solitary life, for they know it not. ...
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The Answer Telling How a Solitary Can Discover his Faults.
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter XII. The answer telling how a
solitary can discover his faults. John: To those who are ...
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Whether the Religious Life of those who Live in Community is More ...
... KINDS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether the religious life of those who
live in community is more perfect than that of those who lead a solitary life? ...
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Whether Christ Should have Associated with Men, or Led a Solitary ...
... OF CHRIST'S MANNER OF LIFE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether Christ should have
associated with men, or led a solitary life? Objection 1: It ...
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March 12. "They Wandered in the Wilderness in a Solitary Way" (Ps. ...
... MARCH 12. "They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way" (Ps. cvii. 4). "They
wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way" (Psalm 107:4). ...
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How and in what Time I came to Solitary Life: and of the Song of ...
... THE FIRE OF LOVE. BOOK I CHAPTER XV HOW AND IN WHAT TIME I CAME TO SOLITARY
LIFE: AND OF THE SONG OF LOVE: AND OF CHANGING OF PLACE. ...
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Thesaurus

Solitary (20 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Performed, passed, or endured alone; as, a solitary journey; a solitary
life. 3. (a.) Not much visited or frequented remote ...
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Agony (20 Occurrences)
... of charioteers, runners, wrestlers and gladiators, in Grecian and Roman amphitheaters,
is summed up in the pain and death-struggle of this solitary word "agony ...
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Forlorn (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless;
desperate. 4. (n.) A lost, forsaken, or solitary person. ...
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Solitarily (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a solitary manner; in solitude; alone.
Multi-Version Concordance Solitarily (1 Occurrence). Micah ...
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Sullen (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Lonely; solitary; desolate. ... 6. (a.) Heavy; dull;
sluggish. 7. (n.) One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. ...
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Solitude (3 Occurrences)
... of a wood. 3. (a.) solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness.
Multi-Version Concordance Solitude (3 Occurrences). Matthew 14 ...
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Sparrow (4 Occurrences)
... is such a friendly bird that if it were on the housetop it would be surrounded by
half a dozen of its kind; so it has been suggested that a solitary thrush was ...
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Oak (22 Occurrences)
... new twigs are developed. The acorns are solitary or few in cluster, and
the cupules are more or less smooth. Galls are common, and ...
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Desert (322 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left
unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place. ...
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Quite (55 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Mark 1:35 In the morning He rose early, while it was still quite dark,
and leaving the house He went away to a solitary place and there prayed. (WEY) ...
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Bible Concordance

Solitary (20 Occurrences)

Matthew 14:13 and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.
(See NIV)

Matthew 17:1 Six day later, Jesus took with Him Peter and the brothers James and John, and brought them up a high mountain to a solitary place.
(WEY)

Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
(KJV WEY WBS NIV)

Mark 6:32 Accordingly they sailed away in the boat to a solitary place apart.
(WEY NIV)

Luke 4:42 Next morning, at daybreak, He left the town and went away to a solitary place; but the people flocked out to find Him, and, coming to the place where He was, they endeavoured to detain Him that He might not leave them.
(WEY NIV)

Luke 8:29 For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.
(See NIV)

Revelation 8:13 Then I looked, and I heard a solitary eagle crying in a loud voice, as it flew across the sky, "Alas, alas, alas, for the inhabitants of the earth, because of the significance of the remaining trumpets which the three angels are about to blow!"
(WEY)

Leviticus 16:22 The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Job 3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
(KJV WBS)

Job 30:3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
(KJV WBS)

Psalms 25:16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.
(See JPS DBY)

Psalms 68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 107:4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
(KJV WBS)

Isaiah 27:10 For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness. The calf will feed there, and there he will lie down, and consume its branches.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV)

Isaiah 35:1 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
(KJV WBS)

Isaiah 49:21 Then you will say in your heart,'Who has conceived these for me, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?'"
(WEB JPS ASV)

Lamentations 1:1 How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Lamentations 3:28 He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;
(DBY)

Hosea 3:3 and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man's wife: so will I also be toward thee.
(See JPS)

Hosea 3:4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Solitary

Related Terms

Agony (20 Occurrences)

Forlorn (3 Occurrences)

Solitarily (1 Occurrence)

Sullen (4 Occurrences)

Solitude (3 Occurrences)

Sparrow (4 Occurrences)

Oak (22 Occurrences)

Desert (322 Occurrences)

Quite (55 Occurrences)