Bible Dictionary: Undue

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Not right; not deserved or legal; improper; as, undue attention.

2. (a.) Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond.

3. (a.) Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.

Greek

4239. praus -- meekness
... This difficult-to-translate root () means "meek." meekness is but rather refers
to exercising under -- ie demonstrating power without undue harshness. ...
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678. aprosopolemptos -- not accepting the person, ie without ...
... Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ros-o-pol-ape'-tos) Short Definition: impartially Definition:
(literary and Jewish), without any preference (undue favor, partiality ...
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3470. momos -- blame, disgrace, blemish
... 3470 -- literally, a blemish (spot, blot); (figuratively) what spoils a reputation,
causing undue blame (disgrace, censure). Word Origin a prim. ...
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2720. kateuthuno -- to make straight
... 2116 , "make straight") -- properly, go straight by the most direct, efficient route;
to go in a direct () -- avoiding all , without any undue loss of time or ...
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4346. prosklisis -- to cause to lean against
... from 4314 , "towards" and 2827 , "incline") -- properly, the direction a
balance-scale because tipped one way; (figuratively) pre-inclination, , (undue favor). ...
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574. haplos -- simply, sincerely
... 574 (the adverbial form of 573 , "single, unfolded") -- properly, acting with --
literally, "without folds" (, J. Thayer), ie without undue complications. ...
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1619. ektenos -- intently, fervently
... 1619 (an adverb) -- properly, fully-stretched, ie describing the verbal idea as ,
to its necessary (full) potential ("without slack"); , without undue let up ...
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4299. prokrima -- a prejudice
... 4299 (from 4253 , "before" and 2919 , "judge") -- properly, pre-judging, (prejudice);
undue (unfair) preference shown by (used only in 1 Tim 5:21). ...
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Library

Of Superstition Consisting in Undue Worship of the True God (Two ...
... OF SUPERSTITION CONSISTING IN UNDUE WORSHIP OF THE TRUE GOD (TWO ARTICLES).
We must now consider the species of superstition. We ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/of superstition consisting in undue.htm

Whether the Unnatural vice is a Species of Lust?
... sake of venereal pleasure: this pertains to the sin of "uncleanness" which some
call "effeminacy." Secondly, by copulation with a thing of undue species, and ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the unnatural vice is.htm

Whether Divination is a Species of Superstition?
... Objection 2: Further, just as religion is due worship, so is superstition undue
worship. But divination does not seem to pertain to undue worship. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether divination is a species.htm

Whether Divination is a Sin?
... Then only is a man said to divine, when he usurps to himself, in an undue manner,
the foretelling of future events: and this is manifestly a sin. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether divination is a sin.htm

Whether the Precepts of the Decalogue are Dispensable?
... common and final good, which is God; while the precepts of the second table contain
the order of justice to be observed among men, that nothing undue be done ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the precepts of the 4.htm

God's Attribute of Goodness Considered as Rational Marcion's God ...
... The requirement of the undue is an augmentation of the due benevolence.
But the due precedes the undue, as the principal quality ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter xxiii gods attribute of goodness.htm

Whether Every Lie is a Sin?
... Nom. iv). Now a lie is evil in respect of its genus, since it is an action
bearing on undue matter. For as words are naturally signs ...
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On the Righteousness and Efficacy of the Providence of God
... For, against the prohibitory part, an offense is committed, either by performing
an act, or from an undue cause and end, omitting its performance"against the ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 1/disputation 10 on the righteousness.htm

Worry Versus Peace
... But we do not always see that we may equally include deliverance from that undue
anxiety which we call worry; and yet these verses certainly prescribe a cure ...
/.../howard/standards of life and service/xix worry versus peace.htm

Toilet.
... An undue attention to toilet is a dangerous rock for many women who, otherwise
remarkable for their grave deportment, are sometimes greater slaves than the ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter xv toilet.htm

Thesaurus

Undue (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (a.) Not right; not deserved or legal; improper; as, undue attention. 2.
(a.) Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond. ...
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Unduly (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In an undue manner. Multi-Version Concordance
Unduly (3 Occurrences). Romans 12:3 For through the ...
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Worry (14 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain;
to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries. ...
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Extortion (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The practice of wresting anything by force, by
threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge. ...
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Arrogant (60 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Overtly and excessively proud; making, or having the disposition to make,
exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of ...
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Arrogance (30 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims
in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in ...
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Nervous (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (a.) Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering
from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed. ...
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Undressed (4 Occurrences)

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Lust (42 Occurrences)
... connection are used such expressions as "harlot," "adulteress," "evil woman." (5)
'Awah, meaning "greatly to desire," long after, with undue emphasis, with ...
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Irritation (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement;
stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially ...
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Bible Concordance

Undue (1 Occurrence)

2 Corinthians 10:14 For there is no undue stretch of authority on our part, as though it did not extend to you. We pressed on even to Corinth, and were the first to proclaim to you the Good News of the Christ.
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Subtopics

Undue

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Nervous (1 Occurrence)

Undressed (4 Occurrences)

Lust (42 Occurrences)

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