The term "dwindle" refers to a gradual reduction in size, strength, or number. In a biblical context, it often describes the diminishing of resources, strength, or spiritual fervor. While the specific word "dwindle" may not frequently appear in the Berean Standard Bible, the concept is evident throughout Scripture, illustrating the consequences of disobedience, lack of faith, or divine judgment.

Biblical Instances and Themes:

1. Spiritual Decline:
The Bible frequently warns against spiritual decline, where individuals or nations turn away from God, resulting in a dwindling of spiritual vitality. In Revelation 2:4-5, the church in Ephesus is admonished for losing its first love: "But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first." This passage highlights the danger of spiritual dwindling and the need for repentance and renewal.

2. Material and Physical Diminishment:
The Old Testament often describes the dwindling of resources as a consequence of disobedience to God's commandments. In Leviticus 26:20, God warns the Israelites of the consequences of disobedience: "Your strength will be spent in vain, because your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit." This reflects the principle that turning away from God can lead to a reduction in material blessings.

3. National Decline:
The decline of nations is a recurring theme in the Bible, often linked to moral and spiritual decay. In Isaiah 1:7, the prophet laments the condition of Judah: "Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers." This passage illustrates how a nation's strength and prosperity can dwindle due to sin and rebellion against God.

4. Moral and Ethical Deterioration:
The Bible also addresses the dwindling of moral and ethical standards. In Romans 1:21-22, Paul describes the moral decline of humanity: "For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools." This passage underscores the spiritual and moral consequences of turning away from God's truth.

5. Hope and Restoration:
Despite the theme of dwindling, the Bible also offers hope for restoration. In Joel 2:25, God promises to restore what has been lost: "I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you." This assurance of restoration emphasizes God's mercy and the possibility of renewal for those who return to Him.

Conclusion:
The concept of dwindling in the Bible serves as a warning and a call to remain faithful to God. It highlights the consequences of spiritual, moral, and material decline while also offering hope for restoration through repentance and obedience to God's will.1. (v. i.) To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

2. (v. t.) To make less; to bring low.

3. (v. t.) To break; to disperse.

4. (n.) The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.

7087a. qapha -- to thicken, condense, congeal
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to thicken, condense, congeal NASB Word Usage
congealed (1), curdle (1), dwindle (1), stagnant (1). 7087, 7087a. ...
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2191. zeer -- a little
... little. From an unused root (akin (by permutation) to tsa'ar), meaning to dwindle;
small -- little. see HEBREW tsa'ar. 2190, 2191. zeer. 2192 . ...
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4743. maqaq -- to decay, rot, fester, pine away
... A primitive root; to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish -- consume away,
be corrupt, dissolve, pine away. 4742, 4743. maqaq. 4744 . ...
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The Death of Abraham
... fleeting world that is slipping away from him; nothing sadder than to see how, as
opportunities and capacities for the enjoyment of life dwindle, and dwindle ...
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A Fulfilled Aspiration
... their characters; and all the joys that could be bought at the price of the smallest
neglected duty or the smallest perpetrated sin, dwindle and dwindle and ...
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The Three Tribunals
... Now, the direct tendency of Christian faith and principle is to dwindle into wholesome
insignificance the multitudinous voice of men's judgments. ...
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The Inwardness of Prayer
... That is its punishment"spiritual dumbness, or at least aphasia, and starvation.
We do not take our spiritual food, and so we falter, dwindle, and die. ...
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Colonization.
... who went out as missionaries did all they could to hinder these horrors, but in
vain; and when at last the poor delicate Indians began to dwindle away and die ...
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Heathens and Heretics Alike in their Vilification of the Flesh and ...
... of trouble; and after all this record of its degradation, dropping into its original
earth and the appellation of a corpse, and destined to dwindle away even ...
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Joy and Peace in Believing
... Fill the contending parties with a fuller spiritual life, and the ground of their
differences will begin to dwindle, and look very contemptible. ...
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Looking at the Unseen
... pressure of the 'exceeding weight of glory' pour into our minds, we should carry
with us a standard which would bring down the greatness, dwindle the duration ...
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Caleb --A Green Old Age
... sufferers long years of pains and tears, but in the calendar of faith 'weeping endures
for a night, joy cometh in the morning.' The weary days dwindle into a ...
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Unfailing Stabs and Fainting Men
... taught us, what the prophet did not know, that even in the apparently serene spaces
there are collisions and catastrophes, and that stars may dwindle and dim ...
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Dwindle (10 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To break; to disperse. 4. (n.) The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline;
degeneracy. Multi-Version Concordance Dwindle (10 Occurrences). ...
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Obeyed (83 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS NAS NIV). 2 Samuel 22:45 The sons of the stranger dwindle away before
me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me. (See RSV). ...
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Waste (668 Occurrences)
... 8. (vi) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the
like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less. ...
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Dwindles (1 Occurrence)

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Helper (58 Occurrences)
... thy excellency! And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; and thou
shalt tread upon their high places. (See NIV). Joshua ...
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Scribes (85 Occurrences)
... in which to glory nor a spade with which to dig." Hillel used to say: "He who employs
the crown (of the Law) for external purposes shall dwindle." That the ...
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Dwelt (307 Occurrences)

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