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Greek

2726. katepheia -- dejection
... dejection. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: katepheia Phonetic Spelling:
(kat-ay'-fi-ah) Short Definition: a downcast countenance, gloom ...
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Library

Book ix. Of the Spirit of Dejection.
... Prolegomena. Book IX. Of the Spirit of Dejection. Of the Spirit of Dejection. ...
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Dejection of the Apostles Immediately after Christ's Death. ...
... Dejection of the Apostles immediately after Christ's Death."Their Joy and Activity
at a later Period."The Reappearance of Christ necessary to explain the ...
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Of Another Sort of Dejection which Produces Despair of Salvation.
... Prolegomena. Chapter IX. Of another sort of dejection which produces despair
of salvation. There is, too, another still more objectionable ...
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Whence and in what Way Dejection Arises.
... Prolegomena. Chapter IV. Whence and in what way dejection arises. But
sometimes it is found to result from the fault of previous ...
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How Dejection and Accidie Generally Arise Without any External ...
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter IX. How dejection and accidie generally
arise without any external provocation, as in the case of other faults. ...
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That Except that Wholesome Sorrow, which Springs up in Three Ways ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XII. That except that wholesome sorrow, which springs up in
three ways, all sorrow and dejection should be resisted as hurtful. ...
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To what the Soul May be Compared which is a Prey to the Attacks of ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter III. To what the soul may be compared which is a
prey to the attacks of dejection. For the garment that is ...
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How Our Fifth Combat is against the Spirit of Dejection, and of ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter I. How our fifth combat is against the spirit of
dejection, and of the harm which it inflicts upon the soul. ...
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The Means by which we Can Root Out Dejection from Our Hearts.
... Prolegomena. Chapter XIII. The means by which we can root out dejection
from our hearts. We should then be able to expel this most ...
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Of the Only Thing in which Dejection is Useful to Us.
... Prolegomena. Chapter X. Of the only thing in which dejection is useful
to us. And so we must see that dejection is only useful to ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The state of being melancholy, depressed, in low spirits.

2. (n.) The act of humbling or abasing one's self.

3. (n.) Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.

4. (n.) A low condition; weakness; inability.

5. (n.) The discharge of excrement.

6. (n.) Feces; excrement.

Thesaurus

Dejection (1 Occurrence)
... 5. (n.) The discharge of excrement. 6. (n.) Feces; excrement. Multi-Version Concordance
Dejection (1 Occurrence). James 4:9 Lament, mourn, and weep. ...
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Lightly (31 Occurrences)
... 7. (adv.) Commonly; usually. 8. (adv.) Without dejection; cheerfully. 9.
(adv.) Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily. 10. ...
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Faint (76 Occurrences)
... See Fainting, n. 7. (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become
depressed or despondent. 8. (n.) To decay; to disappear; to vanish. ...
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Faintness (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of
description. 4. (n.) Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection. ...
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Dung-hill (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary To sit on a, was a sign of the deepest dejection (1 Samuel
2:8; Psalm 113:7; Lamentations 4:5). Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Despondency (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation
of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind. ...
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Dunghill (8 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary To sit on a, was a sign of the deepest dejection (1 Samuel
2:8; Psalm 113:7; Lamentations 4:5). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Discomfiture (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The act of discomfiting, or the state of being
discomfited; rout; overthrow; defeat; frustration; confusion and dejection. Int. ...
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Damp (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
2. (n.) Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind. 3 ...
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Downcast (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Cast downward; directed to the ground, from
bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. 2. (n.) Downcast or melancholy look. ...
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Bible Concordance

Dejection (1 Occurrence)

James 4:9 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Dejection

Related Terms

Lightly (31 Occurrences)

Faint (76 Occurrences)

Faintness (1 Occurrence)

Dung-hill (3 Occurrences)

Despondency (1 Occurrence)

Dunghill (8 Occurrences)