Bible Dictionary: Refinement

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

2. (n.) That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtlety; as, refinements of logic.

Topical Bible Verses

Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
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Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
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Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
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Strong's Hebrew

7391. rok -- tenderness, delicacy
... 7390, 7391. rok. 7392 . tenderness, delicacy. Transliteration: rok Phonetic
Spelling: (roke) Short Definition: refinement. Word ...
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6886. Tsarephath -- "smelting place," a city South of Sidon
... Zarephath. From tsaraph; refinement; Tsarephath, a place in Palestine -- Zarephath.
see HEBREW tsaraph. 6885, 6886. Tsarephath. 6887 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

False Refinement. July 16.
... False Refinement. July 16. ... There is a "refinement" which is the invention of that
sensual mind, which looks only at the outward and visible sign. MS. Letter. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/daily thoughts /false refinement july 16.htm

Letter iv. Personal Habits.
... The room of any young girl is a great revealer of character in respect to real
refinement and purity of taste, especially if one comes upon it somewhat unawares ...
/.../letter iv personal habits.htm

Social Joys of Heaven.
... These are virtue, learning, beauty, refinement, mutual love, and the ties
of kindred. We shall say a few words on each of these. ...
/.../boudreaux/the happiness of heaven/chapter xi social joys of.htm

Grace and Truth Coupled.
... Or, there may be the outer trappings of refinement that easy wealth provides;
or, the real refinement that culture and inheritance bring. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/grace and truth coupled.htm

Whether the Parts of Temperance are Rightly Assigned?
... purity." Andronicus also says [*De Affectibus] that "the companions of temperance
are gravity, continence, humility, simplicity, refinement, method, contentment ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the parts of temperance.htm

The Children of the Poor.
... as fresh and clear as the Prophet's were with the woes of his people, might draw
closer within these various circles of prosperity and refinement and activity ...
/.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse vii the children of.htm

The Trinity.
... a spiritual eye. The coarseness has passed away"the rudeness is no longer
seen: there is a refinement in the pleasures. But if ...
/.../robertson/sermons preached at brighton/iv the trinity.htm

The Church under the Roman Empire
... The vast resources of Roman wealth and refinement were employed to render the Worship
of Almighty God costly and magnificent, and the ritual of the Church was ...
/.../blunt/a key to the knowledge of church history/chapter vi the church under.htm

The Classes and the Masses
... his sight? The men and boys of the Classes live a more liberal life, and
here you find all varying shades of refinement. There is ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter ix the classes and.htm

Useless Sacrifice
... Their refinement is but an outside show. ... If the refined and pure-minded lady does
not pity such beings as that, I know not of what her refinement is made. ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xxxvi useless sacrifice.htm

Thesaurus

Refinement (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement
or metals; refinement of ideas. ...Refinement (1 Occurrence). ...
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Proverb (24 Occurrences)
... word. The idea of how the thing is said, or by what phrasing, would be a
later differentiation, coming in with literary refinement. ...
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Refiner (10 Occurrences)

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Refined (26 Occurrences)

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Test (105 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which
precious metals are melted for trial and refinement. 2. (n ...
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Rough (24 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or polish. 7. (n.)
Not courteous or kind; harsh; rude; uncivil; as, a rough temper. ...
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Rude (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Characterized by roughness; unpolished;
raw; lacking delicacy or refinement; coarse. 2. (superl ...
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Exaltation (9 Occurrences)
... exalted; elevation. 2. (n.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or
the increasing of its virtue or principal property. 3. (n ...
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Elegant (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace,
propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting ...
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Delicacy (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (a.) Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling;
refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense ...
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Bible Concordance

Refinement (1 Occurrence)

Deuteronomy 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
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Subtopics

Refinement

Related Terms

Proverb (24 Occurrences)

Refiner (10 Occurrences)

Refined (26 Occurrences)

Test (105 Occurrences)

Rough (24 Occurrences)

Rude (2 Occurrences)

Exaltation (9 Occurrences)

Elegant (2 Occurrences)

Delicacy (1 Occurrence)