Delicately
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
DELICATE; DELICATELY

del'-i-kat, del'-i-kat-li (`edhen, `anogh; en truphe): "Delicate" usually an adjective, but once a substantive (Jeremiah 51:34 the King James Version). "He hath filled his belly (the Revised Version (British and American) "maw") with my delicates." the Revised Version (British and American) retains the word, but the American Standard Revised Version very properly has replaced it with "delicacies." In Sirach 30:18, the Revised Version (British and American) agatha, "good things." The adjective seems to have two meanings, though not easily distinguished:

(1) tenderly reared, and

(2) wanton or voluptuous. In Deuteronomy 28:54, 56 Isaiah 47:1 Jeremiah 6:2, "luxurious" or "daintily bred" would certainly be nearer the original than "delicate." "Delicate children" of Micah 1:16, the King James Version, is changed by the Revised Version (British and American) to "children of thy delight," i.e. beloved children, rather than children begotten in passion. The adverb "delicately" is employed in the same sense as the adjective (Lamentations 4:5 Luke 7:25). In the old English writers "delicate" is often used for voluptuous: "Dives for his delicate life to the devil went" (Piers Ploughman). The meaning of "delicately" (ma`adhan) in 1 Samuel 15:32 (the King James Version) is a real puzzle. The King James Version reads, "And Agag came unto him delicately," with a possible suggestion of weakness or fear. the American Standard Revised Version and the Revised Version, margin substitute "cheerfully." Others, by metathesis or change of consonants in the Hebrew word, translation "in bonds" or "fetters."

W. W. Davies

Greek
5172. truphe -- softness, daintiness, luxuriousness
... Word Origin from thrupto (to break) Definition softness, daintiness, luxuriousness
NASB Word Usage luxury (1), revel (1). delicately, riot. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
4574. maadan -- a dainty (food), delight
... Word Origin from the same as eden Definition a dainty (food), delight NASB Word
Usage dainties (1), delicacies (1), delight (1). dainty, delicately, delight. ...
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Library

Treats of the Same Subject: Explains, by Some Delicately Drawn ...
... TREATS OF THE SAME SUBJECT: EXPLAINS, BY SOME DELICATELY DRAWN COMPARISONS,
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPIRITUAL UNION AND SPIRITUAL MARRIAGE. ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter ii treats of the.htm

The Home Scene.
... character. These have been so often delicately and truthfully drawn that
it is the less necessary to dwell minutely upon them here. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/ii the home scene.htm

Philippians iii. 18-21
... Thy Master was crucified, and dost thou seek ease? Thy Master was pierced with nails,
and dost thou live delicately? Do these things become a noble soldier? ...
/.../homily xiii philippians iii 18-21.htm

That Divine Inspirations Leave us in Full Liberty to Follow or ...
... In like manner his mercy ordinarily converts and graces souls so sweetly, gently
and delicately, that its movement is scarcely perceived; and yet it happens ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xii that divine inspirations.htm

Anxious Care
... and sleepless nights, is but to adorn a little more beautifully or a little less
beautifully, the allotted span"but to feed a little more delicately or a ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/anxious care.htm

How God is Jealous of Us.
... [467] Consider a little, Theotimus, I pray you, how delicately this divine lover
expresses the nobility and generosity of his jealousy: They have left me, says ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xiii how god is.htm

The Testament of Joseph Concerning Sobriety.
... and I entered into my chamber [176] and prayed unto the Lord; and I fasted in those
seven years, and I appeared to my master as one living delicately, for they ...
/.../xi the testament of joseph concerning.htm

Marriage of the Blessed virgin to Joseph
... Her high, delicately traced eyebrows were black; she had a very high forehead, large
downcast eyes with long black lashes, a rather long straight nose ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/vii marriage of the blessed.htm

The Presentation of the Blessed virgin in the Temple
... than the child Mary. Mary is very delicately formed, and has reddish-fair
hair, smooth, but curly at the ends. She can already read ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/iii the presentation of the.htm

God's Love for Man
... The lovely birds making the air vocal with their happy songs, the delicately tinted
flowers in their perfection perfuming the air, the lofty trees of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/steps to christ/chapter 1 gods love for.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(adv.) In a delicate manner.
Thesaurus
Delicately (11 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DELICATE; DELICATELY. ... The adverb "delicately" is
employed in the same sense as the adjective (Lamentations 4:5 Luke 7:25). ...
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Delicate (32 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DELICATE; DELICATELY. ... The adverb "delicately" is
employed in the same sense as the adjective (Lamentations 4:5 Luke 7:25). ...
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Crafts (2 Occurrences)
... These are characterized, from the standpoint of art, by a crudeness which distinguishes
them from the more delicately and artistically wrought work of their ...
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Robes (124 Occurrences)
... Robes (124 Occurrences). Matthew 11:8 But what went you out to see? a man delicately
clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses. (BBE). ...
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Scarlet (54 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 1:24 You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet
delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing. ...
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Clothed (153 Occurrences)
... A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live
delicately, are in kings' courts. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Nourished (29 Occurrences)
... followed. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). James 5:5 You have lived
delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have ...
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Nurtured (3 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Lamentations 4:5 Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets:
Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. (See NIV). ...
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Nourish (16 Occurrences)
... (YLT). James 5:5 You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure.
You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter. ...
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Luxuriously (6 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 1:24 You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet
delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing. (See NAS). ...
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Bible Concordance
Delicately (11 Occurrences)

Matthew 11:8 But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses.
(BBE)

Luke 7:25 But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

James 5:5 You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
(WEB ASV BBE)

Deuteronomy 28:54 The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;
(See RSV)

Deuteronomy 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter;
(See RSV)

1 Samuel 15:32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
(KJV WBS)

2 Samuel 1:24 You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet delicately, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
(WEB ASV BBE)

Psalms 139:14 I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.
(BBE)

Proverbs 29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 6:2 The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.
(See RSV)

Lamentations 4:5 Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

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