Bible Encyclopedia: Frivolous

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Strong's Hebrew

7040. Qallay -- an Israelite priest
... priest NASB Word Usage Kallai (1). Kallai. From qalal; frivolous; Kallai, an Israelite
-- Kallai. see HEBREW qalal. 7039, 7040. Qallay. 7041 . Strong's Numbers
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Library

I Will Deal Shortly with the Second Passage which My Brother Tells ...
... I will deal shortly with the second passage which my brother tells me has been marked
for blame, because the complaint is exceedingly frivolous, and bears on ...
/.../23 i will deal shortly.htm

To These we May Add Thousands of the Most Frivolous Practices...
... Book 2 Chapter 31. To these we may add thousands of the most frivolous
practices� 31. To these we may add thousands of the most ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 31 to these we.htm

Other Beings Besides God are in Scripture Called God this ...
... Chapter VII."Other Beings Besides God are in Scripture Called God This
Objection Frivolous, for It is Not a Question of Names. ...
/.../the five books against marcion/chapter vii other beings besides god.htm

Then, Distinguishing Between Essence and Generation, He Declares ...
... Book IV. Section 9. Then, distinguishing between essence and generation, he declares
the empty and frivolous language of Eunomius to be like a rattle. ...
/.../section 9 then distinguishing between.htm

Choice Op Companions.
... but you have not the same guarantee against the noxious effects which arise from
those relations whose union is found in the most frivolous instincts of the ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter xiv choice op companions.htm

Epistle xxxiii. To Mauricius Augustus.
... to this, the piety of my lords has charged me in their orders, saying that offence
ought not to be engendered among us for the appellation of a frivolous name. ...
/.../epistle xxxiii to mauricius augustus.htm

A Serious Mind.
... privileges of their sex, calmly resigning themselves to play the inferior and
humiliating role that the prejudices and passions of a frivolous society impose ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter xiii a serious mind.htm

Curiosity.
... thirst to see and observe every thing, that inconstancy and want of changing from
one place to another, that desire to read useless and frivolous books, novels ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter xvii curiosity.htm

Third Sunday in Lent
... and gambling. Especially were the Greeks frivolous and adepts in this respect,
as their poets and other writers attest. What Paul ...
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Letter vi. Associates and Friends.
... may seem, the children of really excellent parents are often so derelict in duty,
so lacking in conscientiousness, so idle and aimless and frivolous that their ...
/.../letter vi associates and friends.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Trivial; of little weight or importance; slight; as, a frivolous argument.

2. (a.) Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.

Thesaurus

Frivolous (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Trivial; of little weight or importance;
slight; as, a frivolous argument. ...Frivolous (4 Occurrences). ...
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Irreligious (7 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, guard the truths entrusted to you, shunning irreligious
and frivolous talk, and controversy with what is falsely called 'knowledge ...
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Cavil (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To raise captious and frivolous objections; to
find fault without good reason. ... 3. (n.) A captious or frivolous objection. ...
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Talk (164 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, guard the truths entrusted to you, shunning irreligious
and frivolous talk, and controversy with what is falsely called 'knowledge ...
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Fringes (4 Occurrences)

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Influence (13 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 2:18 For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, they use
earthly cravings--every kind of immorality--as a bait to entrap men who are ...
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Indulge (12 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 2 Timothy 2:16 But from irreligious and frivolous talk hold aloof, for
those who indulge in it will proceed from bad to worse in impiety, (WEY NIV). ...
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Impiety (9 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 2:16 But from irreligious and frivolous talk hold aloof, for those who
indulge in it will proceed from bad to worse in impiety, (WEY DBY YLT). ...
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Truths (15 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, guard the truths entrusted to you, shunning irreligious
and frivolous talk, and controversy with what is falsely called 'knowledge ...
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Ransomed (27 Occurrences)
... Peter 1:18 knowing, as you do, that it was not with a ransom of perishable wealth,
such as silver or gold, that you were set free from your frivolous habits of ...
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Bible Concordance

Frivolous (4 Occurrences)

1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, guard the truths entrusted to you, shunning irreligious and frivolous talk, and controversy with what is falsely called 'knowledge';
(WEY)

2 Timothy 2:16 But from irreligious and frivolous talk hold aloof, for those who indulge in it will proceed from bad to worse in impiety,
(WEY)

1 Peter 1:18 knowing, as you do, that it was not with a ransom of perishable wealth, such as silver or gold, that you were set free from your frivolous habits of life which had been handed down to you from your forefathers,
(WEY)

2 Peter 2:18 For, while they pour out their frivolous and arrogant talk, they use earthly cravings--every kind of immorality--as a bait to entrap men who are just escaping from the influence of those who live in error.
(WEY)

Subtopics

Frivolous

Related Terms

Irreligious (7 Occurrences)

Cavil (2 Occurrences)

Talk (164 Occurrences)

Fringes (4 Occurrences)

Influence (13 Occurrences)

Indulge (12 Occurrences)

Impiety (9 Occurrences)

Truths (15 Occurrences)

Ransomed (27 Occurrences)