1. (superl.) Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.

2. (superl.) Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.

1459. egkataleipo -- to leave behind, ie (in a good sense) let ...
... 2596 , "down"; and 3007 , "to leave") -- properly, left in a condition of lack
("without"); hence, to feel forsaken (helpless), like left in dire circumstances ...
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He is Stimulated to Speak of Him by the Longing of a Grateful Mind ...
... Thanks Cannot Be Returned. Ingratitude appears to me to be a dire evil;
a dire evil indeed, yea, the direst of evils. For when one ...
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To the Honourable Mr Yorke.
... Nor that the worst: ah me! the dire effect. ... But bleeds the balm I want"yet still
it bleeds; Draw the dire steel"ah, no! the dreadful blessing. ...
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The Meaning
... the same period as the measured court of the ecclesiastical state, in which the
dragon, inhabiting the Roman empire, raged with dire persecutions against the ...
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The Death of Christ for his People
... me; and, struck with surprise at his mercy, I looked upon my sin in the light of
his grace; and I said, "O sin, how base thou art, what dire ingratitude dost ...
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Napoleon Bonaparte.
... qui les ont d??ifi??s. Tous les hommnes ??tant d'une m?�me race, Alexandre
a pu se dire le fils de Jupiter. Mais toute la Gr?�ce ...
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Loyal to the Core
... While you can help yourselves, do so and while you have a right to expect help in
times of dire necessity, do not be everlastingly expecting everybody else to ...
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That we Ought to Give Ourselves to God with Regard to Things Both ...
... Jonah was in dire condition when "the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and
there was a mighty tempest." When lots were cast, "the lot fell upon Jonah ...
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Consolation in Christ
... thought of consolation, or if the hope and thought might sometimes flit across his
mind like a lightning flash in the midst of the tempest's dire darkness, yet ...
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An Awful Contrast
... Antichrist never more surely dwells anywhere than in the place where Christ is thus
dishonored, and none do him such dire disgrace as those who ought to bow at ...
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The Last Supper.
... And would thou sell thy master dear For base gain? Shudders not thy soul in dire
affright? Thy lot has passed into the night, Already doth thy doom appear. ...
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Dire (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
2 ... Multi-Version Concordance Dire (1 Occurrence). Deuteronomy ...
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Gamaliel (7 Occurrences)
... In his speech he pointed out to his fellow-councilors the dire consequences
that might ensue upon any precipitous action on their part. ...
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Gideon (45 Occurrences)
... Terror-stricken, the Midianites were put into dire confusion, and in the darkness
slew one another, so that only fifteen thousand out of the great army of one ...
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Dips (2 Occurrences)

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Succoth (18 Occurrences)
... seems to have retraced the path followed by Jacob, passing Succoth before Penuel
(Judges 8:5). Their churlishness on that occasion brought dire punishment upon ...
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Direct (58 Occurrences)

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Joash (49 Occurrences)
... To save the capital from the indignity of foreign occupation, Jehoash, then in dire
sickness, collected all the hallowed things of the temple, and all the gold ...
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Jehoash (28 Occurrences)
... To save the capital from the indignity of foreign occupation, Jehoash, then in dire
sickness, collected all the hallowed things of the temple, and all the gold ...
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Wisdom (320 Occurrences)
... But this individualism, when combined with the weak eschatology, brought
dire confusion into the doctrine of retribution (see SIN). ...
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