Malachi 1:7
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
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Contemptible
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2 Corinthians 10:10
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
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בָּזָה
bâzâh · baw-zaw'
3 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences
to disesteem
Strong's KJV usage: despise, disdain, contemn(-ptible), think to scorn, vile person.
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Strong's first: Malachi 1:7Strong's last: Malachi 2:9
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exouthenéō · ex-oo-then-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: :--contemptible, despise, least esteemed, set at nought.
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Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 10:10Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 10:10
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For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
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contemptible
CONTEMPTIBLE, adjective [Latin]
1. Worthy of contempt; that deserves scorn, or disdain; despicable; mean; vile. Intemperance is a contemptible vice. No plant or animal is so contemptible as not to exhibit evidence of the wonderful power and wisdom of the Creator.
The pride that leads to dueling is a contemptible passion.
2. Apt to despise; contemptuous. [Not legitimate.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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