Bible Encyclopedia: Churlish

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Strong's Hebrew

7186. qasheh -- hard, severe
... stubbornness* (1). churlish, cruel, grievous, hardhearted, thing, heavy, impudent,
obstinate,. From qashah; severe (in various applications ...
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Library

God's Slaves
... prominence in them. He must be a very churlish master who never says 'Thank
you,' however faithful his servant's obedience may be. And he ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/gods slaves.htm

Useful Phrases
... choral chant. chronic frailties. churlish temper [churlish = boorish; vulgar; rude].
circling eddyings. circuitous information. circumscribed purpose. ...
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The Misdoings of Severian
... Your archdeacon, Serapion, the most churlish and ill-conditioned dog I ever came
across""'. Such language disgraces you,' said the Patriarch. ...
/.../chapter xlii the misdoings of.htm

Significant Phrases
... churlishness and violence [churlish = boorish or vulgar]. citation and allusion. ...
irritable and churlish [churlish = boorish or vulgar]. isolated and detached. J. ...
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Ancestry, Birth, Education, Environment: 1513(?)-1546
... "Of nature I am churlish, and in conditions different from many," he wrote; but
this side of his character he kept mainly for people of high rank, accustomed ...
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Off to vienna
... I want to walk.". And though a peasant might often be afraid to accept the favor
from a noble, or be surly and churlish, the folk never were so with Stanislaus. ...
/.../chapter iv off to vienna.htm

The Burial
... and the silent masses line the streets, and the learned and the noble stand uncovered
around the open grave, it would be a diseased and churlish mind which did ...
/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter xxiii the burial.htm

Justus Falckner.
... Albany. Being of a churlish and quarrelsome nature, he soon fell out with
the authorities of Albany and was banished from the town. ...
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Now, and Then
... If we forget it, our sympathies are soon dried up, our temper is apt to get churlish,
our opinions may be rather overbearing, and our selfishness very repulsive ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/now and then.htm

"Do Men Gather Grapes of Thorns?"
... Men and women drink often because it is considered a kind and hospitable thing
to offer it, and an ungenerous and churlish thing to refuse it. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xxxviii do men gather grapes.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.

2. (a.) Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals.

Thesaurus

Churlish (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (a.) Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish
soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals. ...
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Churl (6 Occurrences)
... In 1 Samuel 25:3, the word churlish denotes a man that is coarse and ill-natured,
or, as the word literally means, "hard." The same Greek word as used by the ...
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Nabal (18 Occurrences)
... He was "very great, and he had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats...but the man was churlish
and evil in his doings." During his wanderings David came into that ...
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Abigail (18 Occurrences)
... (2.) The wife of the churlish Nabal, who dwelt in ... But Nabal, who was a churlish fellow,
answered the messengers insultingly and sent them away empty-handed. ...
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Intelligent (47 Occurrences)
... of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good
understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in ...
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Ill-behaved (1 Occurrence)
... of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good
understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in ...
/i/ill-behaved.htm - 6k

Dealings (10 Occurrences)
... of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good
understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in ...
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Churlishness (1 Occurrence)

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Calebite (1 Occurrence)
... the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good
understanding, and of a beautiful countenance; but the man was churlish and evil ...
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Ab'igail (16 Occurrences)
... of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good
understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in ...
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Bible Concordance

Churlish (1 Occurrence)

1 Samuel 25:3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
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Subtopics

Churlish

Related Terms

Churl (6 Occurrences)

Nabal (18 Occurrences)

Abigail (18 Occurrences)

Intelligent (47 Occurrences)

Ill-behaved (1 Occurrence)

Dealings (10 Occurrences)

Churlishness (1 Occurrence)

Calebite (1 Occurrence)

Ab'igail (16 Occurrences)