Bible Dictionary: Unfair

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To deprive of fairness or beauty.

2. (a.) Not fair; not honest; not impartial; disingenuous; using or involving trick or artifice; dishonest; unjust; unequal.

Greek

4646. skolios -- curved, winding, hence crooked
... crooked. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: skolios Phonetic Spelling:
(skol-ee-os') Short Definition: crooked, perverse, unfair Definition: crooked ...
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5195. hubrizo -- to run riot, to outrage, insult
... own). 5195 ("deliberately, spitefully injure") refers to mistreating people,
using unfair tactics to inflict undeserved . This expresses ...
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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

Since this is the Case, What, Pray, is So Unfair as that we Should ...
... Book II. 34 Since this is the case, what, pray, is so unfair as that we
should be� Since this is the case, what, pray, is so unfair ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/34 since this is the.htm

The Answer on the Way to Keep Control Over Abstinence.
... considered abstinence, or allured by the wish for an excessive relaxation, and so
weigh the substance of our strength in the tongue of an unfair balance; but ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xxii the answer on.htm

2 Cor. xii. 16-18
... For tell me,' he says, Did any one of those who were sent by us make unfair gain
[1017] of you?' He did not say, Did any one receive aught from you?' but he ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxviii 2 cor xii.htm

Matt. xxvii. 62-64.
... be sealed," (He was therefore buried), "lest His disciples come and steal Him away."
So that if the sepulchre be sealed, there will be no unfair dealing. ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxxix matt xxvii 62-64.htm

Truth Hidden when not Sought After.
... highly cultivated minds. Why should we deny this? It is unfair to do so;
and not only unfair, but very unnecessary. What is called ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon xiii truth hidden when.htm

Predestination and the Justice of God
... God forbid!" [208] Yet it does seem unfair that, without any merit derived from
good works or bad, God should love the one and hate the other. ...
/.../handbook on faith hope and love/chapter xxv predestination and the.htm

Then Manes, after Silence had Been Secured among All...
... Manes said: If you do not offer a second time an unfair resistance to the positions
which shall be stated with all due propriety by us, I shall speak with you ...
/.../47 then manes after silence.htm

Chapter xiv
... Equally unfair is the approach which says since elsewhere matters of this sort are
not narrated concerning Abram, therefore this cannot be true. ...
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Romans x. 13
... But it is very unfair to argue from hence, that therefore whosoever doth call upon
the Name of the Lord Jesus, tho' He live in constant Rebellion to his Laws ...
/.../sermon x romans x 13.htm

The Separation of the Provinces, 1857-1899.
... could define the difference between the functions of the UEC and the functions of
the Unity Department; and, in the second place, it was quite unfair to the ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter vii the separation of.htm

Thesaurus

Unfair (1 Occurrence)
... unequal. Multi-Version Concordance Unfair (1 Occurrence). Matthew 20:13 "But
he answered one of them,'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. ...
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Unfailing (29 Occurrences)

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Unequal (5 Occurrences)
... unequal in rank. 2. (a.) Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence,
not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair. 3. (a.) Not uniform ...
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Unfairness (1 Occurrence)

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Usury (17 Occurrences)
... It would be easy to go from a fair rate of interest to an unfair rate, as seen in
the history of the word "usury," which has come to mean an exorbitant or ...
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Wrongful (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair; as, a wrongful
taking of property; wrongful dealing. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Favor (184 Occurrences)
... to aid, or to wish success to; to be propitious to; to countenance; to treat with
consideration or tenderness; to show partiality or unfair bias towards. 12. ...
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Fraud (15 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair
advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured ...
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Foul (41 Occurrences)
... 8. (superl.) Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict,
test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play. ...
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Redress (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To put in order again; to set right; to revise;
as to redress an unfair judgment. 2. (vt) To dress again. ...
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Bible Concordance

Unfair (1 Occurrence)

Matthew 20:13 "But he answered one of them,'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Inconsistency in Accusing Jesus of Violating the Sabbath

Inconsistency: General Scriptures Concerning

Inconsistency: Jehu

Inconsistency: The Jews, in Oppressing the Poor

Inequality

Unfair

Related Terms

Unfailing (29 Occurrences)