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Greek

3474. moros -- dull, stupid, foolish
... 3474 (the root of the English terms, "moron, moronic") -- properly, (insipid), flat
("without an edge"); (figuratively) "mentally inert"; dull in understanding ...
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358. analos -- saltless
... without saltiness. From a (as a negative particle) and hals; saltless, ie Insipid --
X lose saltness. see GREEK a. see GREEK hals. (analon) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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3471. moraino -- to be foolish
... make foolish, lose savor. From moros; to become insipid; figuratively, to make
(passively, act) as a simpleton -- become fool, make foolish, lose savour. ...
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Library

Celsus in the Next Place, Producing from History Other than that ...
... these matters had been committed to verse long ago by Hesiod and innumerable other
inspired men, wove together some most incredible and insipid stories, [3839 ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxxvi celsus in the.htm

The Worship of God.
... A state of temperance, sobriety, and justice, without devotion, is a cold, lifeless,
insipid condition of virtue; and is rather to be stiled philosophy than ...
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Chapter vi.
... Hence there follows most justly the statement, "Ye are the salt of the earth;" showing
that those parties are to be judged insipid, who, either in the eager ...
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First Degree of Prayer --Meditation and Meditative Reading --The ...
... seeking to enter into the full meaning of the words, and go on no further so long
as you find satisfaction in them; leave the place only when it becomes insipid ...
/.../a short method of prayer and spiritual torrents/chapter ii first degree of.htm

Letter xvii. Harmony of Christian Character.
... remove from the scale one of the musical sounds, and give undue prominence to another,
and harmony will become discord; and what could be more insipid than a ...
/.../letter xvii harmony of christian.htm

Introduction
... Of "goody-goody" Sunday School library books of an old-fashioned type, which are
insipid and lacking both in virility of thought and literary form, there are ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/introduction.htm

The Sad Case of a Relapse into Known and Deliberate Sin, after ...
... heaven. Your spiritual consolations will be gone; and your temporal
enjoyments will also be rendered tasteless and insipid. And ...
/.../the rise and progress of religion in the soul/chapter xxiii the sad case.htm

The Joy of the Cross
... From all my bitter woes. Adieu! ye vain delights of earth,. Insipid sports, and
childish mirth,. I taste no sweets in you; Unknown delights are in the cross,. ...
/.../the joy of the cross.htm

The Spiritual Guide,
... Patronage? The Subject whereof being mystical, and not well-seasoned; carries
along with it the common censure, and will seem insipid? ...
/.../the spiritual guide which disentangles the soul/the spiritual guide.htm

Sponges and Watering-Cans
... To go where a congregation are mostly sponges is to find a few having all to do
and to find a dull, insipid meeting. Wet sponges will not burn. ...
/.../naylor/heart talks/talk fifty-eight sponges and watering-cans.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Lacking flavor; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food.

2. (a.) Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition.

Thesaurus

Insipid (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Lacking flavor; without taste or savor; vapid;
tasteless; as, insipid drink or food. ...Insipid (3 Occurrences). ...
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Watery (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (a.) Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid;
vapid; spiritless. Multi-Version Concordance Watery (1 Occurrence). ...
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Flat (33 Occurrences)
... 4. (superl.) Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to
the taste. ... 27. (vt) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress. 28. ...
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Egg (3 Occurrences)
... purslain" (RV marg.), and the whole phrase "purslain-broth", ie, broth made of that
herb, proverbial for its insipidity; and hence an insipid discourse. ...
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Insist (7 Occurrences)

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Job (60 Occurrences)
... 2. The Wager in Heaven 3. The Silent Friends 4. Whose Way Is Hid B) To Job's Ultimatum
of Protest 1. The Veiled Impeachment 2. Wisdom Insipid, Friends Doubtful ...
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Insinuations (1 Occurrence)

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Fade (16 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.
2. (v.) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to ...
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Fit (47 Occurrences)
... NAS NIV). Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have
become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no ...
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Tasteless (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless
fruit. 2. (a.) Destitute of the sense of taste; or ...
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Bible Concordance

Insipid (3 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.
(DBY)

Job 6:6 Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?
(DBY YLT)

Lamentations 2:14 Thy prophets have seen for thee a false and insipid thing, And have not revealed concerning thine iniquity, To turn back thy captivity, And they see for thee false burdens and causes of expulsion.
(YLT)

Subtopics

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Related Terms

Watery (1 Occurrence)

Flat (33 Occurrences)

Egg (3 Occurrences)

Insist (7 Occurrences)

Job (60 Occurrences)

Insinuations (1 Occurrence)

Fade (16 Occurrences)

Fit (47 Occurrences)

Tasteless (4 Occurrences)