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Greek

370. anaxios -- unworthy
... to the top" and 514 , "worth, as it corresponds to real value") -- properly, tested
and , ie not equal to the task; unworthy (unfit, inappropriate), falling ...
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2520. katheko -- to be proper or fitting
... of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katheko Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ay'-ko) Short
Definition: it is fitting Definition: I come down, come to; I am unfit, proper. ...
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4509. rhupos -- filth
... 4509 (a masculine noun) -- properly, "grease-filth," soiling all it touches;
(figuratively) uncleanness that results from doing what is morally unfit, ie what ...
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Library

The Poets are Unfit to be Religious Teachers.
... Chapter II"The poets are unfit to be religious teachers. Whom, then, ye men
of Greece, do ye call your teachers of religion? The poets? ...
/.../justins hortatory address to the greeks/chapter iithe poets are unfit.htm

Cheating and Dishonest Ways of Making Money are Utterly Unfit for ...
... Book III. Chapter IX. Cheating and dishonest ways of making money are utterly
unfit for clerics whose duty is� Cheating and dishonest ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter ix cheating and dishonest.htm

Whether Husband and Wife are Mutually Bound to the Payment of the ...
... Therefore it would seem allowable to refuse the one who asks. Objection 3: Further,
it is a sin to render oneself unfit to fulfill an obligation of precept. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether husband and wife are.htm

Whether Impotence is an Impediment to Marriage?
... Quod Sedem): "Just as a boy who is incapable of marital intercourse is unfit to
marry, so also those who are impotent are deemed most unfit for the marriage ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether impotence is an impediment.htm

Superiors Ought Carefully to Examine the Dispositions of those ...
... 4. Let the best care that is possible be used, notwithstanding some unfit persons
will, through easiness, partial affection, or other respects in the examiners ...
/.../chapter viii superiors ought carefully.htm

Cholera, 1866
... Their sickness, their deaths, are God's judgment on that act of theirs, whereby
God says to men,"You shall not drink water unfit for even dumb animals; and ...
/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon xvii cholera 1866.htm

To Win Souls Requires Wisdom.
... with any other subject. If that is the case, he is in an unfit frame to
be addressed on the subject of religion. In proportion to ...
/.../finney/lectures on revivals of religion/lecture x to win souls.htm

The Potter and the Clay
... his hand, and turned round the wheel, in order to work it into some particular form,
"it was marred in the hands of the potter," and consequently unfit for the ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the potter and the clay.htm

Whether a Man's Evidence Can be Rejected Without any Fault of His?
... for some fault. Objection 3: Further, no man is rendered unfit for things
necessary for salvation except by some sin. But it is ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether a mans evidence can.htm

Whether Wife-Murder is an Impediment to Marriage?
... voids the contract, as when a man kills his wife in order to marry her with whom
he has committed adultery, for then the law declares him simply unfit to marry ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether wife-murder is an impediment.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; to disqualify; as, sickness unfits a man for labor; sin unfits us for the society of holy beings.

2. (a.) Not fit; unsuitable.

Thesaurus

Unfit (3 Occurrences)
...Unfit (3 Occurrences). ... And if you are the court before which the world is to be
judged, are you unfit to deal with these petty matters? (WEY). ...
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Nose (23 Occurrences)
... A mere snub-nose can scarcely be regarded as a blemish of sufficient importance
to unfit a priest for the service of "offering the bread of God"; but harelip ...
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Weed (3 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless. 7. (n.) An
animal unfit to breed from. ... (vt) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes. ...
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Flat (33 Occurrences)
... A mere snub-nose can scarcely be regarded as a blemish of sufficient importance
to unfit a priest for the service of "offering the bread of God"; but harelip ...
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Hawk (6 Occurrences)
... The abomination lists of Leviticus 11:16 and Deuteronomy 14:15 each include hawks
in a general term and specify several species as unfit for food. ...
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Nurse (23 Occurrences)
... or the like. 3. (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander
when the captain is unfit for his place. 4. (n.) A ...
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Unflinching (1 Occurrence)

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Unfinished (1 Occurrence)

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Offal (6 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A dead body; carrion. 3. (n.) That which is thrown away as worthless or
unfit for use; refuse; rubbish. Multi-Version Concordance Offal (6 Occurrences). ...
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Owl (11 Occurrences)
... It is given place in the Bible because it was considered unfit for food and because
people dreaded the cries of every branch of the numerous family. ...
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Bible Concordance

Unfit (3 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 6:2 Do you not know that God's people will sit in judgement upon the world? And if you are the court before which the world is to be judged, are you unfit to deal with these petty matters?
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
(See RSV)

Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Unfit

Related Terms

Nose (23 Occurrences)

Weed (3 Occurrences)

Flat (33 Occurrences)

Hawk (6 Occurrences)

Nurse (23 Occurrences)

Unflinching (1 Occurrence)

Unfinished (1 Occurrence)

Offal (6 Occurrences)

Owl (11 Occurrences)