KJV dictionary & concordance
Low, base, contemptible, shameful, dishonourable, of little worth, or in a humbled condition.
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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 25:3
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Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
Fourtie stripes he may giue him, and not exceed: lest if he should exceede, and beate him aboue these, with many stripes, then thy brother should seeme vile vnto thee.
1611 marginal note2.Cor. 11.24.
Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
Behold, here is my daughter, a maiden, and his concubine, them I wil bring out now, and humble yee them, and doe with them what seemeth good vnto you: but vnto this man doe not so vile a thing.
1611 marginal noteHebr. the matter of this folly.
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
For I haue tolde him, that I will iudge his house for euer, for the iniquitie which hee knoweth: because his sonnes made themselues vile, and he restrained them not.
1611 marginal noteOr, and I will tell him, &c.
1611 marginal noteOr, accursed.
1611 marginal noteHeb. frowned not vpon them.
1611 marginal noteChap. 2.29,30,31, &c.
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheepe, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambes, and all that was good, and would not vtterly destroy them: but euery thing that was vile, and refuse, that they destroyed vtterly.
1611 marginal noteOr, of the second sort.
And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
And I will yet be more vile then thus, and will be base in mine owne sight: and of the maid seruants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
1611 marginal noteOr, of the handmaids of my seruants.
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Wherefore are wee counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
Behold, I am vile, what shall I answere thee? I wil lay my hand vpon my mouth.
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
In whose eies a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that feare the LORD: he that sweareth to his owne hurt, and changeth not.
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
The vile person shall be no more called liberall, nor the churle sayd to be bountifull.
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
For the vile person wil speake villenie, and his heart will worke iniquitie, to practise hypocrisie, and to vtter errour against the LORD, to make emptie the soule of the hungry, and hee will cause the drinke of the thirstie to faile.
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