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Greek

2974. kophos -- blunt, dull
... blunt, dull. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: kophos Phonetic Spelling:
(ko-fos') Short Definition: dumb, deaf Definition: (lit: blunted) dumb, dull ...
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3576. nothros -- sluggish, slothful
... slothful. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: nothros Phonetic Spelling:
(no-thros') Short Definition: dull, sluggish Definition: blunt, dull, hence ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6949. qahah -- to be blunt or dull
... 6948, 6949. qahah. 6949a . to be blunt or dull. Transliteration: qahah Phonetic
Spelling: (kaw-haw') Short Definition: edge. be set on edge, be blunt ...
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6949a. qahah -- to be blunt or dull
... qahah. 6949b . to be blunt or dull. Transliteration: qahah Short Definition: edge. ...
root Definition to be blunt or dull NASB Word Usage dull (1), set on edge (3 ...
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2763. charam -- to ban, devote, exterminate
... A primitive root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses
(especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose ...
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6949b. qehayon -- qehayon
... 6949a, 6949b. qehayon. 6950 . qehayon. Transliteration: qehayon Short Definition:
blunt. Word Origin another reading for niqqayon, qv. 6949a, 6949b. ...
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4135. mul -- to circumcise
... A primitive root; to cut short, ie Curtail (specifically the prepuce, ie To circumcise);
by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy -- circumcise(-ing ...
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Library

A Key to the Knowledge of Church History
... [Ancient]. Edited by. JOHN HENRY BLUNT, MA. Editor of "The Dictionary of Theology,"
"The Annotated Book of Common Prayer;" Author of "Household Theology," Etc. ...
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The Extension of the Church Throughout the World
... [27] Acts 20:23; xxi.11. [28] From Blunt's "Household Theology.". {45}. ...
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A Key to the Knowledge of Church History
... <. A Key to the Knowledge of Church History John Henry Blunt. E-text prepared
by Al Haines Table of Contents. Title Page. PREFACE. CHAPTER PAGE. ...
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Preface
A Key to the Knowledge of Church History. <. ...
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Chapter page
A Key to the Knowledge of Church History. <. ...
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The Foundation of the Church among the Jews
A Key to the Knowledge of Church History. <. ...
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The Foundation of the Church among the Heathen
A Key to the Knowledge of Church History. <. ...
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Final Settlement of the Church by St. John
A Key to the Knowledge of Church History. <. ...
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The Primitive Church
A Key to the Knowledge of Church History. <. ...
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The Church under the Roman Empire
A Key to the Knowledge of Church History. <. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

2. (a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.

3. (a.) Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.

4. (a.) Hard to impress or penetrate.

5. (v. t.) To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.

6. (v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.

7. (n.) A fencer's foil.

8. (n.) A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.

9. (n.) Money.

Thesaurus

Blunt (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Hard to impress or penetrate. 5. (vt) To dull the edge or point of,
by making it thicker; to make blunt. ...Blunt (2 Occurrences). ...
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Style (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax,
having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded ...
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Dictionaries
... SPECIAL DICTIONARIES: ANCIENT AND MEDIAEVAL HISTORY Blunt, JH Dictionary of Sects,
Heresies, etc. ...Blunt, JH Dictionary of Doctrinal and Historical Theology. ...
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Vanish (21 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 58:7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they
draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. (WEB RSV NIV). ...
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Gorget
... 5. (n.) A cutting instrument used in lithotomy. 6. (n.) A grooved instrument used
in performing various operations; -- called also blunt gorget. ...
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Gall (17 Occurrences)
... pain. Our Lord, knowing this, refuses to drink it. He would take nothing to
cloud his faculties or blunt the pain of dying. He chooses ...
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Wither (30 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Psalms 58:7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they
draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. (See RSV). ...
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Waster (7 Occurrences)
... thief. 3. (n.) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
Multi-Version Concordance Waster (7 Occurrences). Proverbs ...
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Whet (5 Occurrences)
... Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must
he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. ...
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Flows (14 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Psalms 58:7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they
draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt. (WEB NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Blunt (2 Occurrences)

Psalms 58:7 Let them vanish as water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
(WEB DBY NIV)

Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the axe is blunt, and one doesn't sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Subtopics

Blunt

Related Terms

Style (5 Occurrences)

Dictionaries

Vanish (21 Occurrences)

Gorget

Gall (17 Occurrences)

Wither (30 Occurrences)

Waster (7 Occurrences)

Whet (5 Occurrences)

Flows (14 Occurrences)