Bible Encyclopedia: Shallow

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Greek

5357. phiale -- a (shallow) bowl
... a (shallow) bowl. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: phiale Phonetic
Spelling: (fee-al'-ay) Short Definition: a shallow and flat bowl Definition: a ...
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Library

Glad Confession and Sad Warning
... Their words are permeated throughout with allusions to the previous promises and
sayings of our Lord, and the very allusions show how shallow was their ...
/.../glad confession and sad warning.htm

Appendix. An Ordination Charge.
... worth? It is worth nothing. If the inner life get thin and shallow, the outer
life must become a perfunctory discharge of duties. Our ...
/.../stalker/the preacher and his models/appendix an ordination charge.htm

Firm to the End.
... And when we find shallow young men and women, who have just mastered enough subjects
to be able to pass an examination, sneering at the Bible, and calling ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon liii firm to the.htm

Almost a Disciple
... He had but a shallow notion of what was 'good,' as is indicated by his careless
ascription of goodness to one of whom he knew so little as he did of Jesus, and ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/almost a disciple.htm

The Sower
... In so doing He protested in advance against fatalistic abuses of the parable, as
if we were already doomed to be hard, or shallow, or thorny, or fruitful soil. ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 4 3-9 14-20 the sower.htm

Worthy-Not Worthy
... narrative itself. I. And, first, we have here the shallow plea of worthiness.
These elders did not think loftily of Jesus Christ. The ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/worthy-not worthy.htm

The Prairie Pasture
... Some of the "wallows," or "ponds," were rather deep, and were treacherous because
of sudden "drop-offs"; but they were usually shallow, and it was generally ...
/.../byrum/how john became a man/chapter i the prairie pasture.htm

Ancient Civilisation {5} {6}
... We are all tempted, and the easier and more prosperous we are, the more we are
tempted, to fall into that sordid and shallow frame of mind. ...
/.../kingsley/historical lectures and essays/ancient civilisation 5 6.htm

Ancient Civilisation.
... We are all tempted, and the easier and more prosperous we are, the more we are
tempted, to fall into that sordid and shallow frame of mind. ...
/.../lectures delivered in america in 1874/lecture v ancient civilisation.htm

The Silence of Faith.
... Only the shallow and the conceited are unaware of their presence. Only
the shallow and the conceited pretend to explain them, and ...
/.../kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon xxv the silence of.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (superl.) Not deep; having little depth; shoal.

2. (superl.) Not deep in tone.

3. (superl.) Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple; not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow learning.

4. (n.) A place in a body of water where the water is not deep; a shoal; a flat; a shelf.

5. (n.) The rudd.

6. (v. t.) To make shallow.

7. (v. i.) To become shallow, as water.

Thesaurus

Shallow (4 Occurrences)
... 3. (superl.) Not intellectually deep; not profound; not penetrating deeply; simple;
not wise or knowing; ignorant; superficial; as, a shallow mind; shallow...
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Shoal (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water. 4. (n.) A place where the
water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow. ...
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Fishing (4 Occurrences)
... Nets are used in three ways: (a) A circular net, with small meshes and leaded around
the edge, is cast from the shore into the shallow water in such a manner ...
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Superficial (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Pertaining to the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a
superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage. ...
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Siddim (3 Occurrences)
... Near the north end the depth descends to 1,300 ft., whereas for many miles out from
the south end it is very shallow, so that at low water a ford exists, and ...
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Vale (20 Occurrences)
... Near the north end the depth descends to 1,300 ft., whereas for many miles out from
the south end it is very shallow, so that at low water a ford exists, and ...
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Vial (12 Occurrences)
... etc., "vial" translates phiale. The phiale was a flat, shallow bowl (Latin,
patera), shaped much like a saucer. Hence, the Revised ...
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Zoar (12 Occurrences)
... several miles long and 2 or 3 wide, which is probably but a remnant of a fertile
plain once extending out over a considerable portion of the shallow south end ...
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Zither (3 Occurrences)
... It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which
lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in ...
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Lampstand (38 Occurrences)
... The lamp of the wicked shall be put out" (Job 21:17 Proverbs 13:9; and perhaps Job
18:6). The early Canaanite or Amorite lamp was a shallow, saucer-like bowl ...
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Bible Concordance

Shallow (4 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
(See NIV)

Mark 4:5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
(See NIV)

James 2:20 But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?
(See RSV)

Psalms 69:15 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, Neither let the deep shallow me up; And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.
(ASV)

Subtopics

Shallow

Related Terms

Shoal (2 Occurrences)

Fishing (4 Occurrences)

Superficial (2 Occurrences)

Siddim (3 Occurrences)

Vale (20 Occurrences)

Vial (12 Occurrences)