Obsolete and Other Words

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N.B.-Only an illustrative reference is usually given.
Abject, Psa. 35:15, outcast.
Admiration, Rev. 17:6, surprise.
Adversary, Matt. 5:25, opponent as in a law suit.
Advisement, 1 Chron. 12:19, deliberation.
Affict, Gal. 4:17, seek after.
Agvne, I Sam. 3o. 13, ago. Albeit, Phile. 19, although it be.
All to brake, Judg. 9. 53, entirely broke.
Allow, Luke 11. 48, to approve of.
Amerce, Deut. 22. 19, to fine. Anon, Matt. 13. 20, at once.
Appearance, Thess. 5. 22, kinds. Approve, Acts 2. 22, borne witness to: 2 Cor. 7:11, proved. Artillery, 1 Sam. 20. 4o, weapons.
Assure, z John 3. 19, persuade. Assuage, Gen. 8. 1, to subside.
Astonied, Ezra 9. 3, astonished. Attendance, 1 Tim. 4. 13, attention. Avoid, 1 Sam. 18. ix, to escape. Away with, Isa, 1.13, endure. Base, 1 Cor. 1. 28, ignoble. Because, Matt. 20. 31, that. Beeves, Lev. 22. 19, cattle.Besom, Isa. 14. 23, a broom.Bestead, Isa. 8. 21, pressed.Bewray, Matt. 26. 73, make manifest.Blains, Ex. 9. 9, ulcerous sores.Boiled, Ex. 9. 31, bearing pods.Boss, Job 15. z6, large studBotch, Deut. 28.27, ulcers.Bottom, Zech. 1. 8, valley.Bravery, Isa. 3. 18, finery.Bray, Prov. 27. 22, to pound.Breach, Judg. 5. 17, bay, creek.Brigundine, Jer. 46.4; 51. 3, coat of mail.
Broided, 1 Tim. 2. 9, plaited.Bruit, Jer. 10. 22, rumor.Bunch, Isa. 3o. 6, hump.Business, Rom. 12. ix, diligence.
By, r Cor. 4. 4, translate in.By and by, Matt. 13. 21, at once.Cabin. Jer. 37. 16, cell, vault.Canker, 2 Tim. 2. 17, gangrene.Cankered, James 5. 3, corroded.Carriage, Acts 21. 15, baggage.Cast, Luke 1. 29, considered.Cast, Jer. 41. 14, turned.Caul, Isa. 3. 18, net for the hair.Challenge, Ex. 22. 9, to claim.Champaign, Deut. 2:3o, plain.Chapiter, Ex. 36. 38, capital.Chapman, 2 Chron. 9. 14, dealer.Charger, Matt. 14. 8, large dish.Charity, 1 Cor. 13, love.
Check, Job 20. 3, reproof.Ciel, 2 Chron. 3. 5, to wainscot.Clouted, Josh. 9.5, patched.Coast, Matt. 2. 16, border, region.Cockle, Job 31. 4o, a weed.Collops, Job 15. 27, lumps.Color, Acts 27. 3o, pretext.Compass, fetch a, 2 Sam. 5. 23; Acts 28. 13, make a circuit.
Conclude, Rom. II. 32, to include.Concupiscence, Rom. 7. 8, lust.Consist, Col. 1.17, subsist.Constantly, Titus 3. 8, strongly.Convenient, Eph. 5. 4, becoming.Conversation, Gal. 1:13, manner of life: Phil. 3. 20, citizenship.Cote, 2 Chron. 32. 28, stall, shed.Countervail, Esther 7. 4, compensate.Crisping pin, Isa. 3. 22, lit. bag.Cumbered, Luke 10. 40, distracted.Cunning, Ex. 31.4, skilled.Curious, Ex. 28.8, skilfully wrought.Daysman, Job 9.33, arbitrator.Deal, Ex. 29.40, part.
Decently, 1 Cor. 14. 4o, becomingly.Deliciously, Rev. 18. 7, luxuriously.Despite. do, Heb. xo. 29, to insult.Disannul, Gal. 3.15, 17, to annul.Doctrine, Matt. 7.28, teaching.
Duke, Gen. 36. 15, a chief.
Duer, Matt. 13:21, endure.Ear, to, Gen. 45. 6, to plow.Edify, Rom. 14. 19, build up.Emerods, Deut. 28.27, hemorrhoids.Endamage, Ezra 4. 13, damage.Endeavor, Eph. 4. 3, be diligent.Ensample, i Cor. 1o. rx, example.Ensue, 1 Peter 3. ix, to pursue.Entreat, Matt. 22. 6, treat.Eschew, z Pet. 3. II, avoid.Estate, Col. 4. 8, state.
Exchanger, Matt. 25. 27, banker.Express, Heb. 1.3, exact.
Fats, Joel 2. 24; 3. 13, vats.Fervent, 2 Peter 3. 1o,12, burning.Fine, Job 28. 1, refine.
Fray, Zech. 1:21, to frighten.Fretting, Lev. 13. 51, 52, corrodingFroward, x Pet. 2. x8, perverse.Furniture, Gen. 31. 34, equipment.Gin, Job 18.9, trap.
Go beyond, x Thess. 4. 6, overreach.Good, 1 John 3. 17, subsistence.Goodman, Matt. 20. ix, master.Greaves, I Sam. 1q.6, leg armor.Grisled, Zech. 6. 3, gray, spotted.Grudge, James 5. 9, to murmur.Guilty of; Matt. 26. 66, worthy of.Habergeon, Ex. 28. 32, coat of mail.Haft, Judg. 3. 22, handle.
Hale, Luke 12. 58, to haul, drag.Hardly, Mark 1o. 23, difficultly.Hardness, 2 Tim. 2. 3, hardship.Harnessed, Ex. 13. 18, armed.Heady, 2 Tim. 3. 4, headlong, rash.Helve, Deut. 19. 5, handle.Hereafter, John 1:51, henceforth.Hough, Josh. 9:6. to hamstring.Illuminate, Heb. 10. 32, enlighten.Implead, Acts 19. 38, accuse.Impotent, John 5. 3, powerless.Incontinent, 2 Tim. 3. 3, without self control.
Injurious, z Tim. I. 13, insolent.Instant, Luke 23.23, urgent.Inward, Job x9.19, intimate.Jangling, I Tim. x. 6, talking.Jot or tittle, Matt. 5. 18, smallest Hebrew letter, or curl of a letter.Kerchief; Ezek. 13. 18, 21, covering.
Kine, Gen. 32. 15, cows, cattle.Knot), Ex. 25. 3x, knob.Latchet, Mark 1:7, lace, thong.Laud, Rom. 15. II, praise.Leasing, Psa. 4. 2; 5. 6, lying.Lees, on the, Isa. 25. 6, matured.Let, 2 Thess. 2. 7, to hinder.Liking, Job 39.4, condition.List, Matt. 17. 12, to will.Lively, I Pet. z. 3; 2. 5, living.Lucre, Tit. x. x x, gain.
Lust, Gal. 5. 17, to desire.Magnifical, 1 Chron. 22. 5, magnificentMansion, John 14. 2, abode.Marisk, Ezek. 47. I1, marsh.Maul, Prov. 25. 18, hammer.Maw, Deut. 18. 3, stomach.Meat, Luke 3. II, food of any sort.Meet, Matt. 3. 8, worthy, suitable.Mess, Gen. 43. 34, portion.Mete, Matt. 7. 2, to measure.Meteyard, Lev. 19.35, measuring rodMulch, Gen. 32. 15, milk-givingMincing, Isa. 3. 16, taking short steps affectedly.
Mind, to, Acts 20. 13, to intend.Minish, Ex. 5. 19, diminish.Mortify, Col. 3.5, put to death.Mote, Matt. 7. 3, anything small.Motions, Rom. 7. 5, impulses.Munition, Isa. 29. 7, fortress.Naught, 2 Kings 2. 19, bad.Naughty, Jer. 24. 2, bad.Necromancer, Deut. 18. II, one who professes communication with the dead.
Neesing, Job 41. 18, sneezing.Nephew, 1 Tim. 5. 4, descendant.Nether, Ex. 19. 17, lower.Nethermost, z Ki. 6. 6, lowest.Noisome, Psa. 91. 3, hurtful.Nurture, Eph. 6. 4, discipline.Observe, Mark 6.20, to keep safe.Occupier, Ezek. 27. 27, trader.Occupy, Luke /9. 13, to trade.Occurrent, 1 Kings 5. 4, occurrence.Odd number, Num. 3. 48, overplus.Offense, Mat. x8. 7, a cause of stumbling.
Offend, Matt. 5. 29, to cause to stumble.
Open, Acts 17. 3, to explain.Or ever, Acts 23. 15, before.Ouche, Ex. 28. ii, socket, case.Outgoing; Josh. 17. 18, utmost limit.Outlandish, Neh. 13. 26, foreign.Overcharged, Luke 21. 34, ladened.Paddle, Deut. 23. 13, small spade.Painful, Psa. 73. 16, toilsome.Painfulness, 2 Cor. II. 27, toil.Parcel, Gen. 33. 19, portion.Pass, Eph. 3. 19, to surpass.Pate, Psa. 7. 16, the head.
Peeled, Isa. 18. 2, stripped.
Peep, Isa. 8. 19; 10. 14, chirp.Peradventure, Rom. 5. 7, perhaps.Pill, Gen. 30. 37, 38, to peel.Plain, Gen. 25. 27, homely.Platter, Matt. 23. 25, dish.
Poll, Num. 1. 2, the head.
Poll, to, 2 Sam. 14. 26, to cut.Pommel, 2 Chron. 4. 12, knob.Potsherd, Job 2. 8, piece of pottery.Precious, 1 Sam. 3. 1, lit. rare.Presently, Matt. 26. 53, at once.Pressfat, Hag. 2.16, vat in which fruit is pressed.
Prevent, z Thess. 4. 15, go before.Pricks, Acts 9.5, pads.
Proper, Heb. II. 23, comely, fair.Provoke, Rom. ro. x9, to stimulate.Pulse, Dan. 1. 12, 16, pod-bearing plants, as peas, beans.Purtenance, Ex. 12.9, entrails.Quaternion, Acts 12. 4, set of four.Quick, Acts ro. 42, living.
Ranges, 2 Kings ri. 8, ranks.Reason, Acts 6. 2, seemly.
Record, 1 Ch. x6. 4, to celebrate.Riot, Tit. z. 6, dissoluteness.Road, 1 Sam. 27. xo, raid.Savourest, Matt. z6.23, mindest.Sayest, Matt. 27. II, i.e. truly.Scall, Lev. 13.30, scab
Scarce, Scarcely, Acts 14. 18; 1 Peter 4. 18, with difficulty.
Scrabble, 1 Sam. 21. 13, to scratch.Scrip, Matt. io. Jo, bag, wallet.Secure, Judg. 8. xi, void of care.Seethe, Ex. 16.23, to boil.
Sherd, Isa. 30. 14, shred, fragment.Silverling, Isa. 7. 23, silver coin.Sincere, z Pet. 2. 2, pure.Sith, Ezek. 35.6, since.
Slime, Gen. Ir. 3, bitumen.Sod, Gen. 25. 29, to boil.Sometimes, Eph. 2. 13; 5. 8; Titus 3. 3, once.
Sped, Judg. 5. 30, succeeded.Sporting, 2 Peter 2. 13, disporting.Stagger, Rom. 4.20, hesitate.Steads, z Chapter 5. 22, place.Strait, Matt. 7. 13, narrow.Stricken, Luke 1. 7, advanced.Strike, 2 Kings 5. 11, wave.Swelling, 2 Peter 2. 18, haughty.Tabering, Nah. 2.7, tappingTable, Luke 1. 63, tablet.Temperance, Acts 24.25; Gal. 5. 23; 2 Peter 1.6, self-control.
Thought, Matt. 6. 25-34, literally anxious thought.
Tire, Ezek. 24. 17, head-dress.Tire, to, 2 Kings 9. 30, to adorn.Travel, Lam. 3. 5, travail.Trow, Luke 17. 9, judge.Turtle, Jer. 8. 7, turtle dove.Tutor, Gal. 4.2, guardian.Undersetter, 1 Kings 7. 30, support.Unsavory, 2 Sam. 22. 27, adverse.Untoward, Acts 2.4o, perverse.Vagabond, Acts 19. 13, wandering.Very, the, John 7. 26, the true.Vial, Rev. 5. 8; 15. 7, bowl.Vile, Deut. 25. 3, despicable.Virtue, Mark 5. 30, power.Ware, Acts 14. 6, awareWealth, Psa. 112. 3, weal, welfare.Will-worship, Col. 2. 23, worship according to man's will.Wimple, Isa. 3.22, neckerchief.Wink at, Acts 17. 30, overlook.Wist, Mark 9. 6, knew.
Wit, do you to, 2 Cor. 8. T, cause you to know.
Woe worth, Ezek. 30. 2, evil be to.Wont, Acts 16. 13, accustomed.Wot, Acts 3. 17, know.
Wreathe:, Ex. 28. 14, twisted.