Bible Thesaurus: Trifle

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Trifle (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. 5. (vt) To spend in vanity;
to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money. ...Trifle (2 Occurrences). ...
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Nothing (769 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A thing of no account, value, or note; something irrelevant and impertinent;
something of comparative unimportance; utter insignificance; a trifle. ...
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Fool (95 Occurrences)
... accouterments. 6. (vi) To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in
idle sport or mirth. 7. (vt) To infatuate; to make foolish. ...
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Trifled (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Trifle. Multi-Version Concordance
Trifled (1 Occurrence). Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, finding ...
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Trieth (7 Occurrences)

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Thought (821 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) Solicitude; anxious care; concern. 7. (n.) A small degree or quantity;
a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better. Int. ...
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Trick (11 Occurrences)
... players. 7. (n.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, --
usually two hours. 8. (n.) A toy; a trifle; a plaything. 9 ...
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Rush (35 Occurrences)
... stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus. 2. (n.) The merest trifle;
a straw. 3. (vi) To move forward with impetuosity, violence ...
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Dissipation (4 Occurrences)
... dissoluteness. 3. (n.) A trifle which wastes time or distracts attention.
Multi-Version Concordance Dissipation (4 Occurrences). ...
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Dally
... 1. (vi) To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness;
to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle. ...
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Bible Concordance

Trifle (2 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 32:47 For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it."
(See RSV)

Psalms 44:12 You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.
(See RSV)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.

2. (n.) A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.

3. (n.) To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.

4. (v. t.) To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.

5. (v. t.) To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.

Strong's Hebrew

8524. talal -- to mock, deceive, trifle with
... 8523, 8524. talal. 8525 . to mock, deceive, trifle with. Transliteration: talal
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-lal') Short Definition: deceived. Word Origin a prim ...
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4213. mizar -- a little, a trifle, a few
... 4212, 4213. mizar. 4214 . a little, a trifle, a few. Transliteration:
mizar Phonetic Spelling: (miz-awr') Short Definition: very. ...
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Library

Certificate Laws and Western Land Bills
... It is sometimes said that the giving of a certificate once a year or once in a man's
life is but a trifle, and none but the obstinate will refuse it as none ...
/.../chapter xiii certificate laws and.htm

Introduction.
... life. This is not a play-ground, or a place to trifle with time. ... time. To trifle
away time is indeed to be the greatest of spendthrifts. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/how to live a holy life/introduction.htm

Letter xii. Improvement of Time. Present Obligation.
... wide field of benevolent exertion which opens everywhere around him, and reflects
how exceedingly short his time is, will not be disposed to trifle away any of ...
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Religion --A Reality
... It is no fiction it is no trifle; it is no folly; it is no speculation. ... II.
Secondly, "It is not a vain thing""that is, IT IS NO TRIFLE. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 8 1863/religiona reality.htm

The Ninth Season
... 4. Perhaps the smallness of the sin is urged as a reason why you may commit it;
thus: 'It is but a little one, a small matter, a trifle; who would stand upon ...
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Temporary Hardening.
... This is why he delights again and again in making a man either trifle with the deadly
danger of his soul, or to believe that he is hopelessly lost and beyond ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxxiv temporary hardening.htm

The Hold Fast
... eternal things. If he intends trifling he will trifle, but if he means
taking fast hold he will, by God's grace, do so. Under God ...
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The Broken Fence
... It shows great faultiness of mind and unsoundness of heart when we can trifle with
those grave and solemn truths which have been sanctified by a mother's tears ...
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The Turning Point
... pasture. You mock your friends, and trifle with your own souls. ... impenitence?
Wilt thou trifle with mercy till justice smite thee? ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 20 1874/the turning point.htm

Meanwhile Florian Varillo had not Gone to Naples. ...
... Such a trifle! It seemed to him incredible"unjust"that so slight a thing could
intervene between him and the complete success of his meditated treachery. ...
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Subtopics

Trifle

Related Terms

Nothing (769 Occurrences)

Fool (95 Occurrences)

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Trick (11 Occurrences)

Rush (35 Occurrences)

Dissipation (4 Occurrences)

Dally