Bible Dictionary: Dimly

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(adv.) In an obscure manner; with imperfect sight.

Greek

3467. muopazo -- to be shortsighted
... to be shortsighted. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: muopazo Phonetic Spelling:
(moo-ope-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I blink, see dimly Definition: I am short ...
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1921. epiginosko -- to know exactly, to recognize
... This knowing (, "") the verbal idea and hence is defined by the individual context. :
1 Cor 13:12: "For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face ...
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135. ainigma -- a riddle
... enigma. Word Origin from ainissomai (to speak in riddles) Definition a
riddle NASB Word Usage dimly (1). obscure saying, riddle. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3544. keheh -- dim, dull, faint
... Word Origin from kahah Definition dim, dull, faint NASB Word Usage dim
(3), dimly (1), faded (3), faint (1), fainting (1). somewhat ...
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Library

Christ the Arrester of Incipient Evil and the Nourisher of ...
... The word translated 'fail' is the same as that rendered in the previous verse 'smoking,'
or 'dimly burning'; and the word 'discouraged' is the same as that ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/christ the arrester of incipient.htm

Job's Sure Knowledge
... unfounded accusations; he is positive that there must be a Vindicator for him somewhere,
and he appeals to that last dread tribunal, which he dimly sees in the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 50 1904/jobs sure knowledge.htm

Not with Outward Show
... His lessons, which they had but dimly understood, now came to them as a fresh
revelation. ... How dimly had they comprehended the prophetic scriptures! ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 55 not with outward.htm

All Mankind Guilty; Or, Every Man Knows More than He Practises.
... If the eye opens dimly upon the commandment, it opens dimly upon the Sovereign;
if it perceives eternal right and law with clear and celestial vision, it then ...
/.../shedd/sermons to the natural man/all mankind guilty or every.htm

The Poets
... With glorious clonds encompassed round,. Whom angels dimly see,. Will the Unsearchable
be found,. ... Who sitt'st above these heavens. To us invisible, or dimly seen ...
/.../the hymns of methodism in their literary relations/chapter iii the poets.htm

The Death of Jesus
... Nay, we feel that never before can the verse have attained its fullest meaning,
a meaning which no experience of David could more than dimly shadow forth ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 15 33-41 the death of.htm

Victory Found
... I saw then, though dimly, that I was nearing the goal for which I had been
aiming all my life. ... I had begun to see light, but dimly. ...
/.../goforth/how i know god answers prayer/x victory found.htm

The Baptist's Testimony.
... a shining light." He was one of those men who give new thoughts to their generation,
and help men to see clearly what otherwise they might only dimly have seen ...
/.../the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol i/iii the baptists testimony.htm

Christ's Friends
... is it not beautiful and wonderful that He should look with such eyes of beaming
love on that handful of poor, ignorant fishermen, who knew Him so dimly, and say ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/christs friends.htm

Balaam
... And then, beyond all, after all the Canaanites and other Syrian races have been
destroyed, he sees, dimly and afar off, another destruction still. ...
/.../kingsley/the gospel of the pentateuch/sermon xiv balaam.htm

Thesaurus

Dimly (2 Occurrences)
...Dimly (2 Occurrences). 1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly,
but then face to face. ... He won't quench a dimly burning wick. ...
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Dimly-lighted (1 Occurrence)
Dimly-lighted. Dimly, Dimly-lighted. Dimmed . Multi-Version
Concordance Dimly-lighted (1 Occurrence). 2 Peter 1:19 And ...
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Dim (22 Occurrences)
... Dim (22 Occurrences). 1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly,
but then face to face. ... He won't quench a dimly burning wick. ...
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Quench (14 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 42:3 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick.
He will faithfully bring justice. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). ...
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Wick (10 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Isaiah 42:3 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning
wick. He will faithfully bring justice. (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Flax (11 Occurrences)
... and American). "A dimly burning wick will he not quench" (Isaiah 42:3);
"They are quenched as a wick" (Isaiah 43:17). The thought ...
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Transfiguration
... The disciples were drowsy and at first but dimly conscious of the wonder in progress
before their eyes. From the brightness came the sound of voices. ...
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Reflection (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Reflection (3 Occurrences). 1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. ...
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Diminution (1 Occurrence)

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Darkly (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (adv.) With imperfect light, clearness, or
knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly. 2. (adv ...
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Bible Concordance

Dimly (2 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Isaiah 42:3 He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Dimly

Related Terms

Dimly-lighted (1 Occurrence)

Dim (22 Occurrences)

Quench (14 Occurrences)

Wick (10 Occurrences)

Flax (11 Occurrences)

Transfiguration

Reflection (3 Occurrences)

Diminution (1 Occurrence)