Bible Dictionary: Steep

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Bright; glittering; fiery.

2. (v. t.) To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively.

3. (v. i.) To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping.

4. (n.) Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.

5. (n.) A rennet bag.

6. (v. t.) Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient.

7. (v. t.) Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.

8. (v. t.) Excessive; as, a steep price.

9. (n.) A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.

Greek

2911. kremnos -- a steep bank
... a steep bank. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kremnos Phonetic
Spelling: (krame-nos') Short Definition: a crag, precipice Definition: a crag ...
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3702. optos -- roasted
... broiled. From an obsolete verb akin to hepso (to "steep"); cooked, ie Roasted --
broiled. (optou) -- 1 Occurrence. 3701, 3702. optos. 3703 . Strong's Numbers
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Strong's Hebrew

4095. madregah -- steep place, a steep
... 4094b, 4095. madregah. 4096 . steep place, a steep. Transliteration: madregah
Phonetic Spelling: (mad-ray-gaw') Short Definition: pathway. ...
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6121b. aqob -- steep, hilly
... steep, hilly. Transliteration: aqob Short Definition: ground. Word Origin from the
same as aqeb Definition steep, hilly NASB Word Usage rough ground (1). ...
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4174. morad -- a descent, slope
... Word Origin from yarad Definition a descent, slope NASB Word Usage descent (3),
hanging (1), steep place (1). going down, steep place, thin work. ...
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1327. battah -- a precipice
... 1326, 1327. battah. 1328 . a precipice. Transliteration: battah Phonetic
Spelling: (bat-taw') Short Definition: steep. Word Origin ...
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4610. Maaleh Aqrabbim -- "ascent of scorpions," a place on the S. ...
... From ma'aleh and (the plural of) aqrab; Steep of Scorpions, a place in the Desert --
Maaleh- accrabim, the ascent (going up) of Akrabbim. see HEBREW ma'aleh. ...
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Library

Of the Way of Error and of Truth: that it is Single, Narrow, and ...
... the divine institutes Book VI. Of True Worship. Chap. VII."Of the Way of Error and
of Truth: that It is Single, Narrow, and Steep, and Has God for Its Guide. ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap vii of the way of.htm

Jesus on Mount Golgotha.
... The procession again moved on; the road was very steep and rough between the walls
of the town and Calvary, and Jesus had the greatest difficulty in walking ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter xxxvi jesus on mount.htm

The Great Confession - the Great Commission - the Great ...
... As we climb the steep hill above the marshes of Merom, we have before
us one of the richest plains of about two thousand acres. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxxvii the great confession.htm

The Boy of Nazareth.
... limestone rocks led up to it. Its streets were narrow and steep, and steps
of stone led from house to house. A fountain of pure water ...
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The Peace-Bringer in the Spiritual World
... And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the
whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished ...
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Saint George Releases the Six Champions.
... A steep flight of rugged stone steps led winding upwards he knew not where. ... Though
rough and steep were the steps he did not weary or hesitate. ...
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Dionysius the Presbyter, to his Fellow-Presbyter Timothy.
... lieth in the Super-Essence Thereof surpassing Discourse, Intuition and Being;
acknowledging which truth let us lift up our eyes towards the steep height, so ...
/.../rolt/dionysius the areopagite/chapter i dionysius the presbyter.htm

God's Fellow.
... of God's passion of love, you know, if you stop to think into it, that if ever the
need for it came, He will climb any Calvary hill, however steep, and receive ...
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The World-Winning Climb.
... be sacrificed. And his ideas of the meaning of that word "essential"
underwent radical changes as he labored up the steep. Then ...
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Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity. I Beseech You that Ye Walk ...
... For good its end shall be. We shall not rue our choice,. Though straight our path
and steep,. ... Our Father is our guide; And when the way grows steep and dark,. ...
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Thesaurus

Steep (7 Occurrences)
... a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with
respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or ...
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Violently (92 Occurrences)
... And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the
whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished ...
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Ran (100 Occurrences)
... And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the
whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished ...
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Swine (15 Occurrences)
... And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the
whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished ...
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Territory (140 Occurrences)
... On the West the hills rise sharply from those valleys which delimit them from the
Shephelah, but they are pierced by a series of steep and rugged defiles which ...
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Rushed (24 Occurrences)
... The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and
they were drowned in the sea. (WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Drowned (8 Occurrences)
... The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and
they were drowned in the sea. (WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Michmash (10 Occurrences)
... It lay on the line of march of an invading army from the north, on the north side
of the steep and precipitous Wady es-Suweinit ("valley of the little thorn ...
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Pisgah (8 Occurrences)
... There can be no reasonable doubt that Ashdoth-pisgah signifies the steep slopes
of the mountain descending into the contiguous valleys. ...
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Pigs (18 Occurrences)
... pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the
sea, and they were drowned in the sea. (WEB BBE NIV). Mark ...
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Bible Concordance

Steep (7 Occurrences)

Matthew 8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 5:13 At once Jesus gave them permission. The unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and they were drowned in the sea.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 8:33 The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
(ASV NAS)

Isaiah 7:19 And they have come, and rested all of them in the desolate valleys, And in holes of the rocks, and on all the thorns, And on all the commendable things.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 38:20 so that the fish of the sea, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the field, and all creeping things who creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the surface of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Micah 1:4 The mountains melt under him, and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like waters that are poured down a steep place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Steep

Related Terms

Violently (92 Occurrences)

Ran (100 Occurrences)

Swine (15 Occurrences)

Territory (140 Occurrences)

Rushed (24 Occurrences)

Drowned (8 Occurrences)

Michmash (10 Occurrences)

Pisgah (8 Occurrences)

Pigs (18 Occurrences)