Deuteronomy 25:3
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
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Vile
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James 2:2
For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
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2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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קָלַל
qâlal · kaw-lal'
4 times translated as this KJV form82 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), × slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 3:13Strong's last: Nahum 1:14
Open full H7043 profile →זָלַל
zâlal · zaw-lal'
2 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to shake (as in the wind), i.e. to quake; figuratively, to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal
Strong's KJV usage: blow down, glutton, riotous (eater), vile.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 15:19Strong's last: Lamentations 1:11
Open full H2151 profile →ἀτιμία
atimía · at-ee-mee'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
infamy, i.e. (subjectively) comparative indignity, (objectively) disgrace
Strong's KJV usage: :--dishonour, reproach, shame, vile.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 1:26Strong's last: Romans 1:26
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rhyparós · rhoo-par-os'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
dirty, i.e. (relatively) cheap or shabby; morally, wicked
Strong's KJV usage: :--vile.
Strong's first: James 2:2Strong's last: James 2:2
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tapeínōsis · tap-i'-no-sis
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
depression (in rank or feeling)
Strong's KJV usage: :--humiliation, be made low, low estate, vile.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Philippians 3:21Strong's last: Philippians 3:21
Open full G5014 profile →טָמָה
ṭâmâh · taw-maw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to be impure in a religious sense
Strong's KJV usage: be defiled, be reputed vile.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 18:3Strong's last: Job 18:3
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nâbêl · naw-bale'
1 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
Strong's KJV usage: disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, × surely, make vile, wither.
Strong's first: Nahum 3:6Strong's last: Nahum 3:6
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nᵉbâlâh · neb-aw-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment
Strong's KJV usage: folly, vile, villany.
Strong's first: Judges 19:24Strong's last: Judges 19:24
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nᵉmibzeh · nem-ib-zeh'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
despised
Strong's KJV usage: vile.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 15:9Strong's last: 1 Samuel 15:9
Open full H5240 profile →קָלָה
qâlâh · kaw-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be [causatively, hold] in contempt)
Strong's KJV usage: base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 25:3Strong's last: Deuteronomy 25:3
Open full H7034 profile →שֹׁעָר
shôʻâr · sho-awr'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
harsh or horrid, i.e. offensive
Strong's KJV usage: vile.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 29:17Strong's last: Jeremiah 29:17
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H7043
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
H5240
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
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vile
VILE, a. [L. vilis. Gr.]
1. Base; mean; worthless; despicable.The inhabitants account gold a vile thing.A man in vile raiment. James 2.Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed as vile in your sight? Job. 18.2. Morally base or impure; sinful; depraved by sin; wicked; hateful in the sight of God and of good men. The sons of Eli made themselves vile. 1Sam. 3.Behold I am vile; what shall I answer? Job 40.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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