Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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n.) Laziness; sloth; inactivity; inaction, or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor.
Strong's Hebrew
5124. numah -- somnolence, indolence... 5123, 5124. numah. 5125 . somnolence,
indolence. Transliteration: numah
Phonetic Spelling: (noo-maw') Short Definition: drowsiness.
... /hebrew/5124.htm - 6k 6103. atslah -- sluggishness
... sluggishness. Transliteration: atslah Phonetic Spelling: (ats-law') Short Definition:
indolence. ... Feminine of atsel; (as abstractly) indolence -- slothfulness. ...
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6104. atsluth -- sluggishness
... Word Origin from atsel Definition sluggishness NASB Word Usage idleness (1). idleness.
Rom atsal; indolence -- idleness. see HEBREW atsal. 6103, 6104. ...
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Library
Letter i. Behavior and Manners.
... Selfishness was the main cause of her ill-treatment of her brothers and sisters,
as it was of her indolence, and her indifference to the performance of her ...
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Instruction ii
... foolish thoughts during the seven Hours and in my prayers, when I ought to have
occupied myself with good thoughts, but which have been spoilt by my indolence. ...
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To Certain Holy Hermits who had Been Invited to Rome by the Pope
... Her letters were a thrilling call to the champions of Christ, to cast off timidity
and indolence, and betake them swiftly to the field where difficulties and ...
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To Nicholas of Osimo
... dedicated to public affairs. Catherine's keen analysis leaves Nicholas
of Osimo no excuse for indolence. Her letter, especially ...
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Ephesians iv. 31, 32
... Unless one might indeed say this, that the very not doing good is a part of wickedness,
inasmuch as it comes of indolence, and indolence is a part of vice, or ...
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Philippians ii. 16-Dec
... But if, when the devil does not lie in the way, where indolence is the only obstacle,
so much of fear is necessary merely in order that we may master that ...
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Of Zeal and Diligence
... Whosoever has received this living zeal from God has cast out the fifth mortal sin,
which is indolence of the mind or Sloth, as regards the virtues which it is ...
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Letter Xlviii. (AD 398. )
... guard against accepting it, on the one hand, with too eager elation of spirit, or
declining it, on the other, under the solicitations of indolence; and obey ...
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Philippians iv. 14-Oct
... He showeth also, that it was from indolence all this had happened to them. ...
It came not; saith he, of indolence, but of necessity. ...
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Hebrews xi. 13-16
... and bright day has come, and are not ashamed to indulge in pleasure, and to make
the season of business and activity a time of slumber and indolence, so truly ...
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Thesaurus
Indolence (1 Occurrence)... toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor. Multi-Version Concordance
Indolence (1 Occurrence). Ecclesiastes 10:18 When no work
.../i/indolence.htm - 6kIdleness (4 Occurrences)
... According to the Yahwistic narrative Pharaoh's retort to the complaints of
the Israelites was a charge of indolence (Exodus 5:8, 17). ...
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Idle (33 Occurrences)
... According to the Yahwistic narrative Pharaoh's retort to the complaints of
the Israelites was a charge of indolence (Exodus 5:8, 17). ...
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Undo (9 Occurrences)
... as in reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by unavoidable
losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence. ...
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Individual's (2 Occurrences)
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Indolent (3 Occurrences)
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Rouse (25 Occurrences)
... 10. (vi) To awake from sleep or repose. 11. (vi) To be exited to thought or action
from a state of indolence or inattention. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Poverty (25 Occurrences)
... poverty. Gluttony brings poverty (Proverbs 23:21), as does indolence (Proverbs
28:19). God commanded His people to care for the poor. ...
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Surrender (18 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To yield to any influence, emotion, passion, or power; -- used reflexively;
as, to surrender one's self to grief, to despair, to indolence, or to sleep ...
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Begging (18 Occurrences)
... down upon is incidentally evidenced by the remark of the unjust steward, "To beg
I am ashamed" (Luke 16:3); and that, when associated with indolence, it was ...
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