KJV dictionary & concordance
Base, vile, of no account.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Malachi 1:7
Complete exact-word concordance
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.
Yee offer polluted bread vpon mine altar; and yee say, Wherein haue we polluted thee? In that yee say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
1611 marginal noteOr, bring vnto &c.
¶ But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
¶ But yee haue prophaned it, in that yee say; The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruite thereof, euen his meate, is contemptible.
Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.
Therefore haue I also made you contemptible and base before al the people, according as yee haue not kept my wayes, but haue bin partiall in y e law.
1611 marginal noteOr, lifted vp the face against. Heb. accepted faces.
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
For his letters (say they) are waighty and powerfull, but his bodily presence is weake, and his speach contemptible.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Base, vile, of no account.
