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delicate

Meaning of “delicate”

Given to ease, luxury, or refined pleasure; tender.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
5 occurrences5 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 28:54

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Every verse containing “delicate”

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Deuteronomy 28:54
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:54 · retained source text

So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shalbe euill toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosome, and towards the remnant of his children which he shall leaue:

Deuteronomy 28:56
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:56 · retained source text

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not aduenture to set the sole of her foote vpon the ground, for delicatenesse and tendernesse, her eye shall be euill towards the husband of her bosome, and towards her sonne, and towards her daughter,

Isaiah 47:1
COME down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 47:1 · retained source text

¶ Come downe and sit in the dust: O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Caldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

Jeremiah 6:2
I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 6:2 · retained source text

I haue likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.

1611 marginal noteOr, dwelling at home.

Micah 1:16
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 1:16 · retained source text

Make thee bald, and polle thee for thy delicate children, enlarge thy baldnesse as the Eagle, for they are gone into captiuitie from thee.

1611 marginal noteIsai.22.12

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