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
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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
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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
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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
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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
And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
H5034
And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
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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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