Bible Thesaurus: Sleek

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Sleek (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence,
glossy; as, sleek hair. ... Multi-Version Concordance Sleek (7 Occurrences). ...
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Fed (62 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Genesis 41:2 Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and
fat, and they fed in the marsh grass. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV). ...
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Marsh (4 Occurrences)
... Marsh (4 Occurrences). Genesis 41:2 Behold, there came up out of the river seven
cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass. (WEB NAS). ...
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Fat (150 Occurrences)
... Genesis 41:2 Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and fat,
and they fed in the marsh grass. ... You have grown thick. You have become sleek. ...
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Grass (92 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Genesis 41:2 Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and
fat, and they fed in the marsh grass. (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV). ...
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River (189 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT). Genesis 41:2 Behold, there came up out of the river
seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass. ...
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Cattle (277 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV). Genesis 41:2 Behold, there came up out of the
river seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass. (WEB). ...
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Kicked (9 Occurrences)
... You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook
God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. ...
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Ugly (7 Occurrences)
... river. (WEB NAS NIV). Genesis 41:4 The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven
sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke. (WEB NAS NIV). ...
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Jeshurun (4 Occurrences)
... You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook
God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. ...
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Bible Concordance

Sleek (7 Occurrences)

Genesis 41:2 Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 41:4 The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 41:18 and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass,
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 73:4 For there are no struggles in their death, but their strength is firm.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 5:28 They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
(See NIV)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (superl.) Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.

2. (superl.) Not rough or harsh.

3. (adv.) With ease and dexterity.

4. (n.) That which makes smooth; varnish.

5. (v. t.) To make even and smooth; to render smooth, soft, and glossy; to smooth over.

Strong's Hebrew

6245a. ashath -- to be smooth or shiny
... to be smooth or shiny. Transliteration: ashath Short Definition: sleek. Word Origin
a prim. root Definition to be smooth or shiny NASB Word Usage sleek (1). ...
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3780. kasah -- to be sated or gorged (with food)
... 3779, 3780. kasah. 3781 . to be sated or gorged (with food). Transliteration:
kasah Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-saw') Short Definition: sleek. Word Origin a prim ...
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3303. yapheh -- fair, beautiful
... Origin from yaphah Definition fair, beautiful NASB Word Usage appropriate (1),
beautiful (28), beautiful one (2), fair (1), fitting (1), handsome (4), sleek (3 ...
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6245. ashath -- to be smooth or shiny
... A primitive root; probably to be sleek, ie Glossy; hence (through the idea of polishing)
to excogitate (as if forming in the mind) -- shine, think. ...
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Library

It was Friday Night, and Diamond, Like the Rest of the Household.. ...
... "There's no harm in being fat," said Ruby in a deprecating tone. "No, nor in being
sleek. I may as well shine as not.". "No harm?" retorted Diamond. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 32 it was friday.htm

It was a Great Delight to Diamond when at Length Nanny was Well ...
... old Diamond, who worked hardest of all, not even then"-so that at the end of it
he was as thin as a clothes-horse, while Ruby was as plump and sleek as a ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 31 it was a.htm

False Prophets
... outwardly; but inwardly ravening wolves. In sheep's clothing, truly, smooth
and sanctimonious, meek, and sleek. But wolves at heart ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xiii false prophets.htm

The Legend of La Brea {331A}
... By there came a hunter, Lithe and lusty, sleek and strong, Rolling
round his sparkling eyeballs, As he loped and lounged along. ...
/.../kingsley/andromeda and other poems/the legend of la brea.htm

Seeing and Blind
... with. Disbelief slays its thousands, and dissipation its tens of thousands,
but this sleek, well-to-do carelessness, its millions. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/seeing and blind.htm

Herod
... No contrast could be imagined more dramatic than between the sleek seducer of his
brother's wife and the imperious reformer, rude in garment and frugal of fare ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 6 14-29 herod.htm

Ep. Ii.
... Have we done you an injury, because while you are pale and breathing hard and measuring
the sun, we are sleek and well fed and not pressed for room? ...
/.../cyril/select letters of saint gregory nazianzen/ep ii.htm

'Lead us not into Temptation'
... relics of his old self, to wage war against evils the force of which he never knew
till he tried to resist them, against sins which were all sleek, and velvety ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/lead us not into temptation.htm

Augustin Deceived by Familiarity with the Manichæans, and by the ...
... So it came about that, however slowly and cautiously, yet for a long time I followed
men that preferred a sleek straw to a living soul. 12. ...
/.../chapter 9 name deceived by.htm

Are, Then, the Divine Bodies Free from These Deformities? and ...
... nostrils, those are snub-nosed; some chubby from a swelling of their jaws or growth
of their cheeks, dwarfed, tall, of middle size, lean, sleek, fat; some with ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/14 are then the divine.htm

Subtopics

Sleek

Related Terms

Fed (62 Occurrences)

Marsh (4 Occurrences)

Fat (150 Occurrences)

Grass (92 Occurrences)

River (189 Occurrences)

Cattle (277 Occurrences)

Kicked (9 Occurrences)

Ugly (7 Occurrences)

Jeshurun (4 Occurrences)