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Lesser (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (adv.) Less. Multi-Version Concordance Lesser (7 Occurrences). Hebrews 7:7 But
without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater. (WEB NAS NIV). ...
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Quicksands (1 Occurrence)
... On the north coast of Africa were two localities dangerous to sailors, called the
Greater and Lesser Syrtis. ... The Lesser Syrtis lay farther to the west. Int. ...
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Liver (16 Occurrences)
... Others, however, interpret it as the membrane which covers the upper part of the
liver, sometimes called the "lesser omenturn." Thus, the Vulgate: reticulurn ...
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Guilty (131 Occurrences)
... passages demand special notice because the word "guilty" is not used in the principal
sense of blameworthy, but with one of the two lesser meanings noted above ...
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Astronomy
... City of the Sun" (3) The Greater Light-Giver (4) The Purpose of the Sun (5) The
Sun as a Type 3. The Moon (1) The Names for the Moon (2) The Lesser Light-Giver ...
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Lesson (11 Occurrences)

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Graecia
... and Aetolia on the West, and of Phocis, Boeotia and Attica (with the adjacent island
of Euboea) on the East, separated by a group of lesser states, Aenis ...
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Osprey (4 Occurrences)
... ozniyyah, an unclean bird according to the Mosaic law (Leviticus 11:13; Deuteronomy
14:12); the fish-eating eagle (Pandion haliaetus); one of the lesser eagles ...
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Ledge (7 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 43:14 From the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits,
and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge ...
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Lessened (2 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Lesser (7 Occurrences)

Hebrews 7:7 But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Genesis 1:16 God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 12:14 These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army: he who was least was equal to one hundred, and the greatest to one thousand.
(See RSV)

Ezra 4:9 then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
(See NAS)

Isaiah 7:25 And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
(KJV WBS)

Isaiah 22:24 And all the glory of his father's family will be hanging on him, all their offspring, every small vessel, even the cups and the basins.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 43:14 From the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Less; smaller; inferior.

2. (adv.) Less.

Greek

2276. hetton -- less, worse.
... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: hetton Phonetic Spelling: (hate'-ton)
Short Definition: lesser, inferior, weaker Definition: lesser, inferior, weaker ...
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1640. elasson -- smaller, less
... Word Origin cptv. of the same as elachistos Definition smaller, less NASB
Word Usage less (1), lesser (1), poorer (1), younger (1). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7716. seh -- one of a flock, a sheep (or goat)
... 2), sheep and one (1), sheep* (1). lesser, small cattle, ewe, goat, lamb,
sheep. Or sey {say}; probably from sha'ah through the idea ...
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671b. apharesattekaye -- official
... Word Origin (Aramaic) from the same as apharesaye Definition official NASB Word
Usage lesser governors (1). 671a, 671b. apharesattekaye. 672 . ...
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6996b. qaton -- small, insignificant
... Word Origin from qaton Definition small, insignificant NASB Word Usage all* (2),
brief (1), lesser (1), little (6), minor (2), small (22), smallest one (1 ...
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6996. qatan -- small, young, unimportant
... kaw-tawn') Short Definition: least. least, lesser, little one, smallest,
one, quantity, thing, younger, Or qaton {kaw-tone'}; from ...
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Library

Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known
Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known. <. Men of the Bible; Some
Lesser-Known George Milligan. George Milligan; JG Greenhough ...
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Demetrius of the Lesser Leptis Said: "We Uphold one Baptism...
... Book VI. Chapter 43. " 83. Demetrius of the Lesser Leptis said: "We
uphold one baptism� "83. Demetrius of the Lesser Leptis ...
/.../chapter 43 83 demetrius.htm

Lesser and Fuller Forms.
... Lesser and Fuller Forms. Moreover, we have endeavoured to use the fullest
form, including the words of those Gospels which have ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lesser and fuller forms.htm

Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known
Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known. <. ... Title Page. MEN OF THE BIBLE;
SOME LESSER-KNOWN CHARACTERS by. GEORGE MILLIGAN, DDJG ...
/.../milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/title page.htm

But He did not Permit Men to Make Supplication to the Lesser Gods. ...
... Book II. 3 But He did not permit men to make supplication to the lesser gods.� But
He did not permit men to make supplication to the lesser gods. ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/3 but he did not.htm

How a Thing that is Good in Its Own Nature Ought not to be done ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter XV. How a thing that is good in its own
nature ought not to be done for the sake of some lesser good. ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xv how a thing.htm

Whether, after Penance, Man Rises Again to Equal virtue?
... if any such man goes astray and wanders from the path, God makes even this conduce
to his good." But this would not be true if he rose again to lesser virtue. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether after penance man rises.htm

Chapter i.
... saying." If it is asked what the "mountain" means, it may well be understood as
meaning the greater precepts of righteousness; for there were lesser ones which ...
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Whether a Constant Man Can be Compelled by Fear?
... Now the lesser evil or the greater good is always to be chosen in preference; and
therefore the constant man is compelled to bear with the lesser evil through ...
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Whether Christ had any Knowledge Besides the Divine?
... Therefore any other knowledge would have been superfluous in Him. Objection
2: Further, the lesser light is dimmed by the greater. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christ had any knowledge.htm

Subtopics

Lesser

Related Terms

Quicksands (1 Occurrence)

Liver (16 Occurrences)

Guilty (131 Occurrences)

Astronomy

Lesson (11 Occurrences)

Graecia

Osprey (4 Occurrences)

Ledge (7 Occurrences)

Lessened (2 Occurrences)