Bible Encyclopedia: Brittle

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Strong's Hebrew

8406. tebar -- to break
... 8405, 8406. tebar. 8407 . to break. Transliteration: tebar Phonetic Spelling:
(teb-ar') Short Definition: brittle. Word Origin (Aramaic ...
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Library

The Sea of Glass
... on it, and behold it was mingled with fire;"the sea of time, and space, and mortal
life, on which we all have our little day; the brittle and dangerous sea ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xxxiv the sea of.htm

The Beginning of Miracles.
... It is well for the weak that their faith should fail them, for it may at the moment
be resting its wings upon the twig of some brittle fancy, instead of on a ...
/.../macdonald/miracles of our lord/ii the beginning of miracles.htm

Answers to Prayer.
... become. There was so little rain during the hot months that things became
dry and brittle. One day she heard the cry of "Fire! Fire ...
/.../byrum/the value of a praying mother/chapter xviii answers to prayer.htm

There are Certain Moments in Life which Seem Weighted with the ...
... he sat so rigidly, so coldly, without a movement or a gesture, that it seemed as
if the touch of a hand might break him into atoms, so brittle and delicate a ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/xxviii there are certain moments.htm

Cardinal Felix Bonpre Sat Alone in the Largest and Loneliest Room ...
... For with such advanced years the faculties are often as brittle as the bones, and
the failing powers of the brain are often brought to bear with more ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/xxii cardinal felix bonpre sat.htm

A Faithful Friend
... zeal,. Full of fair seeming, but delusion all.". And so for the most part
they are. The world's friendship is ever brittle. Trust ...
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A Faithful Friend
... zeal,. Full of fair seeming, but delusion all.". And so for the most part
they are. The world's friendship is ever brittle. Trust ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/a faithful friend.htm

Christ a Complete Saviour:
... No sinner will ever totally rely upon the Saviour until he is sensible of his own
perishing state; hanging by the brittle thread of life over the yawning gulf ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/christ a complete saviour .htm

The British Bayonet.
... Some of them are brittle, and break, others are soft, and bend, so there are a large
number of those in use which will have to be discarded on account of ...
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A Thanksgiving to God, for his House
... so my hall And kitchen's small; A little buttery, and therein A little bin, Which
keeps my little loaf of bread Unchipt, unflead; Some brittle sticks of thorn ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/a thanksgiving to god for.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Easily broken; fragile; apt to break; not tough or tenacious.

Thesaurus

Brittle (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Easily broken; fragile; apt to break; not tough
or tenacious. Multi-Version Concordance Brittle (1 Occurrence). ...
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Glass (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white
or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or ...
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Ice (20 Occurrences)
... cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance,
crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity ...
/i/ice.htm - 13k

Fragile (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily
destroyed. Multi-Version Concordance Fragile (3 Occurrences). ...
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Tin (6 Occurrences)
... found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline
metal, malleable at ordinary temperatures, but brittle when heated. ...
/t/tin.htm - 10k

Tamarisk (5 Occurrences)
... Eight species are described. They are characterized by their brittle, feathery
branches and by their tiny scale-like leaves. Some ...
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Eager (43 Occurrences)
... chase. 4. (a.) Brittle; inflexible; not ductile. 5. (n.) Same as Eagre.
Multi-Version Concordance Eager (43 Occurrences). Matthew ...
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Myrrh (22 Occurrences)
... growing in Arabia, having a light-gray bark; the gum resin exudes in small
tear-like drops which dry to a rich brown or reddish-yellow, brittle substance, ...
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Potash (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH,
having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic ...
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Bitumen (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid,
brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars ...
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Bible Concordance

Brittle (1 Occurrence)

Daniel 2:42 As to the toes of the feet, part of them iron, and part of them clay: some part of the kingdom is strong, and some part of it is brittle.
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Brittle

Related Terms

Glass (12 Occurrences)

Ice (20 Occurrences)

Fragile (3 Occurrences)

Tin (6 Occurrences)

Tamarisk (5 Occurrences)

Eager (43 Occurrences)

Myrrh (22 Occurrences)

Potash (1 Occurrence)

Bitumen (3 Occurrences)