Bible Thesaurus: Slight

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Slight (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; --
applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (ie, feeble) effort ...
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Touch (82 Occurrences)
... 9. (vt) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil
or brush. 10. ... 33. (n.) A hint; a suggestion; slight notice. 34. ...
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Delicate (32 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, a delicate creature. ... 13. (a.) Affected
by slight causes; showing slight changes; as, a delicate thermometer. ...
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Neglect (19 Occurrences)
... with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass
unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to ...
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Languages (36 Occurrences)
... The variations found between the various strata of the language occurring in the
Old Testament are slight compared with the difference between modern and ...
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Nehelamite (4 Occurrences)
... The variations found between the various strata of the language occurring in the
Old Testament are slight compared with the difference between modern and ...
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Nod (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To incline the head with a quick motion; to make a slight bow; to make a
motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness, with the head; as, to nod ...
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Twitter (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (vi) To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated. ... 8.
(n.) A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Disregard (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to
slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of ...
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Disesteem (4 Occurrences)
... disfavor; disrepute. 2. (vt) To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard
with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight. 3. (vt) To ...
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Bible Concordance

Slight (13 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 16:11 Therefore let no one slight him, but all of you should help him forward in peace to join me; for I am waiting for him and others of the brethren.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
(See RSV)

Galatians 4:14 and my temptation, which was in my flesh, ye did not slight nor reject with contempt; but ye received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus.
(DBY)

1 Timothy 6:2 and those having believing masters, let them not slight 'them', because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;
(YLT)

2 Samuel 19:43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, I have ten parts in the king and I have also more right in David than thou; and why didst thou slight me? and was not my advice the first, to bring back my king? And the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.
(DBY)

2 Kings 3:18 This is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
(See NAS)

Job 4:16 It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:
(DBY)

Proverbs 1:25 And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired.
(YLT)

Proverbs 8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and slight not.
(YLT)

Isaiah 7:13 And he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 8:17 Then he said to me, Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have turned again to provoke me to anger: and behold, they put the branch to their nose.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 13:10 Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and when one buildeth up a wall, behold, they daub it with untempered mortar :
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 34:18 Does it seem a small thing to you to have fed on the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture? and to have drunk of the clear waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet?
(See NAS)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Inconsiderable; unimportant; insignificant; not severe; weak; gentle; -- applied in a great variety of circumstances; as, a slight (i. e., feeble) effort; a slight (i. e., perishable) structure; a slight (i. e., not deep) impression; a slight (i. e., not convincing) argument; a slight (i. e., not thorough) examination; slight (i. e., not severe) pain, and the like.

2. (n.) Sleight.

3. (v. t.) To overthrow; to demolish.

4. (v. t.) To make even or level.

5. (v. t.) To throw heedlessly.

6. (superl.) Not stout or heavy; slender.

7. (superl.) Foolish; silly; weak in intellect.

8. (v. t.) To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands.

9. (n.) The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity.

10. (adv.) Slightly.

Greek

3641. oligos -- few, little, small
... Short Definition: small, brief, few, soon Definition: (a) especially in plur: few,
(b) in sing: small; hence, of time: short, of degree: light, slight, little. ...
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114. atheteo -- to do away with what has been laid down, set aside
... Transliteration: atheteo Phonetic Spelling: (ath-et-eh'-o) Short Definition: I annul
Definition: I annul, make of no effect, set aside, ignore, slight; I break ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7043. qalal -- to be slight, swift or trifling
... 7042, 7043. qalal. 7044 . to be slight, swift or trifling. Transliteration:
qalal Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-lal') Short Definition: cursed. Word Origin a prim ...
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4592. meat -- a little, fewness, a few
... 1), diminish (1), easily (1), enough (3), few (20), fewest (1), little (44), little
while (8), many* (1), merely (1), quickly (1), scarcely (1), slight a thing ...
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Library

Whether the Sole Motive of Anger is Slight or Contempt?
... OF ANGER (FOUR ARTICLES) [*There is no further mention of these remedies in the
text, except in A .] Whether the sole motive of anger is slight or contempt? ...
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A Slight Specimen of Moral Songs,
... Divine Songs For Children. A Slight SPECIMEN of MORAL SONGS,. Such as I
wish some happy and condescending Genius would undertake ...
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Moral Songs a Slight Specimen;
... Divine Songs MORAL SONGS A SLIGHT SPECIMEN; Such as I wish some happy and
condescending genius would undertake for the use of children ...
/.../watts/divine and moral songs/moral songs a slight specimen.htm

Whether Slight Contrition Suffices to Blot Out Great Sins?
... OF THE EFFECT OF CONTRITION (THREE ARTICLES) Whether slight contrition suffices
to blot out great sins? ... Therefore, however slight it be, it blots out all sins. ...
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Celsus, Indeed, Evinced a Slight Knowledge of Scripture when He ...
... Chapter LI. Celsus, indeed, evinced a slight knowledge of Scripture when he
made Jesus say� Celsus, indeed, evinced a slight knowledge ...
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A Slight Teaching of this Work in Purity of Spirit; Declaring How ...
... HERE BEGINNETH THE SEVEN AND FORTIETH CHAPTER A slight teaching of this work in
purity of spirit; declaring how that on one manner a soul should shew his ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the seven and 3.htm

The Way of Transgressors.
... Still, on the next morning, unaccountable as it was to Amanda, she was quite hoarse,
and was much troubled by a cough occasioned by a slight but constant ...
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'Fragments' or 'Broken Pieces'
... John 6:12. The Revised Version correctly makes a very slight, but a very
significant change in the words of this verse. Instead of ...
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Against Rash and Vain Swearing.
... so much in fashion, and with some men in vogue; the invoking God's name, appealing
to His testimony, and provoking His judgment upon any slight occasion, in ...
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What we Can Ourselves Do. The Evil of Desiring to Attain to ...
... and I was so worthless, that, as to thinking even of the things of earth, God gave
me grace to understand this truth: that in me it was no slight boldness to ...
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Subtopics

Slight

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Delicate (32 Occurrences)

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Nod (2 Occurrences)

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Disregard (8 Occurrences)

Disesteem (4 Occurrences)