Bible Dictionary: Wallow

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.

2. (n.) To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.

3. (n.) To wither; to fade.

4. (v. t.) To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.

5. (n.) A kind of rolling walk.

Greek

2947. kulio -- to roll
... to roll. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kulio Phonetic Spelling:
(koo-lee-o'-o) Short Definition: I roll Definition: I roll, roll along, wallow. ...
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2946. kulismos -- a rolling
... wallowing, rolling. From kulioo; a wallow (the effect of rolling), ie Filth --
wallowing. see GREEK kulioo. (kulismon) -- 1 Occurrence. 2945, 2946. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6428. palash -- (act of mourning) perhaps to roll in
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition (act of mourning) perhaps to roll in
NASB Word Usage roll (2), wallow (2). roll wallow self. ...
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5606. saphaq -- to slap, clap
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to slap, clap NASB Word Usage clap (2), claps
(1), smote (1), strike (2), strikes (1), struck together (1), wallow (1). ...
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1556. galal -- to roll, roll away
... A primitive root; to roll (literally or figuratively) -- commit, remove, roll (away,
down, together), run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow. 1555, 1556. ...
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Library

The Prairie Pasture
... Now, the wallow was very shallow all the way across, and Will was soon on the
opposite side. ... That wallow must have been deep out in the middle. ...
/.../byrum/how john became a man/chapter i the prairie pasture.htm

In the Next Place, that He May have the Appearance of Knowing ...
... he says, agreeably to his usual custom, that "there are others who have wickedly
invented some being as their teacher and demon, and who wallow about in a ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxiii in the next.htm

"Wash You, Make You Clean, Put Away the Evil of Your Doings from ...
... sanctification, &c. And if ye would know what sanctification is, "cease to
do evil," do not return to the old puddle to wallow in it. Ye ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon x wash you make.htm

Christian Stewardship.
... solicitude, love, and interest; the adopted sons and daughters of the missionaries,
must be sent back"in Ceylon three thousand in a day"to wallow again in ...
/.../dibble/thoughts on missions/chapter ii christian stewardship.htm

The Children of the Poor.
... legion; and death looks no more terrible under a Babylonian helmet, than it does
upon the gaunt faces of men who die upon the bare floor or wallow in rags. ...
/.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse vii the children of.htm

The Spoiler
... reference to the Man of Sin under this title of the Spoiler is found in Jer.6:26:
"O daughter of My people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/16 the spoiler.htm

Antichrist in Jeremiah
... In 6:26, 27 there is a remarkable statement made concerning the Antichrist: "O daughter
of My people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes ...
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The Procedure of the Last Judgment, and Its Awards, Only Possible ...
... that this flesh of ours should be torn by martyrdom, and another wear the crown;
or, on the other hand, that this flesh of ours should wallow in uncleanness ...
/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter lvi the procedure of the.htm

2 Cor. vi. 1, 2
... For, for one who hath been freed from sins and made a friend to wallow in the former
things, is to return again unto enmity, and to "receive the grace in vain ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xii 2 cor vi.htm

The Publicans' Friend
... To go down in the filth in order to wallow there is vile; to go down in order
to lift others up is Christ's mission and Christ-like. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/the publicans friend.htm

Thesaurus

Wallow (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move
lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire. ...
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Ashes (44 Occurrences)
...wallow thyself in ashes" (Jeremiah 6:26), or as Ezekiel in his lamentation for Tyre
pictures her mariners as doing, crying bitterly and `casting up dust upon ...
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Wail (50 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 25:34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in ashes, you principal
of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully ...
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Vomit (12 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 48:26 Make him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab
shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. ...
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Laughingstock (10 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 48:26 Make him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab
shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. (See NAS). ...
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Wallets (1 Occurrence)

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Wallowed (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Wallow. Multi-Version Concordance
Wallowed (1 Occurrence). Mark 9:20 And they brought him ...
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Ridicule (14 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Jeremiah 48:26 Make him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh:
and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. ...
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Defied (20 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Jeremiah 48:26 Make him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh:
and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. ...
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Bible Concordance

Wallow (5 Occurrences)

2 Peter 2:22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog turns to his own vomit again," and "the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire."
(Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 6:26 Daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come on us.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Jeremiah 48:26 Make him drunken; for he magnified himself against Yahweh: and Moab shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Lamentations 3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 27:30 and shall cause their voice to be heard over you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Wallow

Related Terms

Ashes (44 Occurrences)

Wail (50 Occurrences)

Vomit (12 Occurrences)

Laughingstock (10 Occurrences)

Wallets (1 Occurrence)

Wallowed (1 Occurrence)

Ridicule (14 Occurrences)

Defied (20 Occurrences)

Disperse (13 Occurrences)