Good-for-nothing
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Greek
889. achreioo -- to make useless
... to make useless. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: achreioo Phonetic Spelling:
(akh-ri-o'-o) Short Definition: I am good for nothing Definition: (lit: I ...
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4469. rhaka -- empty (an expression of contempt)
... and (). Word Origin of Aramaic origin reqam Definition empty (an expression
of contempt) NASB Word Usage good-for-nothing (1). Raca. ...
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4657. skubalon -- refuse
... throw") -- properly, thrown to dogs, like filthy scraps of garbage (table-scraps,
dung, muck, sweepings); (figuratively), what is good-for-nothing except to be ...
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Strong's Hebrew
2870a. Tabeal -- "good for nothing," an Aramean (Syrian)
... 2870, 2870a. Tabeal. 2870b . "good for nothing," an Aramean (Syrian).
Transliteration: Tabeal Short Definition: Tabeel. Word Origin ...
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2870. tab'el -- "good for nothing," an Aramean (Syrian)
... tab'el. 2870a . "good for nothing," an Aramean (Syrian). Transliteration:
tab'el Phonetic Spelling: (taw-beh-ale') Short Definition: Tabeal. Tabeal, Tabeel ...
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434. elul -- thing of nothing
... Word Origin see elil. thing of nothing For 'eliyl; good for nothing -- thing of
nought. see HEBREW 'eliyl. 433, 434. elul. 435 . Strong's Numbers.
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7489. ra'a' -- to be evil, bad
... A primitive root; properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively,
to make (or be) good for nothing, ie Bad (physically, socially or morally ...
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457. elil -- insufficiency, worthlessness
... idol, no value, thing of nothing. Apparently from 'al; good for nothing, by anal.
Vain or vanity; specifically an idol -- idol, no value, thing of nought. ...
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Library

"Good-For-Nothing"
... BIBLE STORIES AND RELIGIOUS CLASSICS "GOOD-FOR-NOTHING". By HANS CHRISTIAN
ANDERSEN. ... "So you have a mother who is good-for-nothing! ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/good-for-nothing.htm

Lucius of Castra Galb?? Said: "Since the Lord Hath Said in his ...
... in His gospel, Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savor,
that which is salted from it shall be thenceforth good for nothing, but to be ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 14 22 lucius.htm

To the Same
... therefore they will have to be that Good. For nothing is like It save Itself
Hence all things that are, are God - an impious assertion. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/boethius/the theological tractates/to the same.htm

Sermon for Epiphany
... has said: "Prayer is nothing but the going up of the spirit unto God." And just
as the straw exists for the sake of the corn, and is good for nothing in itself ...
/.../v sermon for epiphany.htm

Sermon for Septuagesima Sunday
... hard and black and dry, and good for no purpose whatever; and if we had never seen
it before, we should think it of no use at all, and good for nothing but to ...
/.../ix sermon for septuagesima sunday.htm

That Anything May be Found to be in Infinite Treasure
... Everything in its place is admirable, deep, and glorious; out of its place
like a wandering bird, is desolate and good for nothing. ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/55 that anything may be.htm

Sweet Comfort for Feeble Saints
... themselves in the scales of the sanctuary, and put their own hearts into the balance
of conscience, would appear to be good for nothing"worthless, useless. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/sweet comfort for feeble saints.htm

How Brother Juniper Took Certain Little Bells from the Altar, and ...
... him: "Be not disturbed about those little bells, for I have given them to a poor
woman who had great need of them, and here they were good for nothing but to ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter v how brother juniper.htm

Early Impressions. Dangerous Books and Companions. The Saint is ...
... that gave them pleasure, I kept the conversation alive,"listened to the stories
of their affections and childish follies, good for nothing; and, what was ...
/.../the life of st teresa of jesus/chapter ii early impressions dangerous.htm

Sermon for the Third Sunday in Advent
... of love to rise up unceasingly from itself to God with holy aspiration, never resting
till it hath reached and embraced the Highest Good; for nothing on earth ...
/.../iii sermon for the third.htm

Thesaurus
Good-for-nothing (22 Occurrences)
Good-for-nothing. Good-day, Good-for-nothing. Goodlier .
Multi-Version Concordance Good-for-nothing (22 Occurrences). ...
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Cursing (53 Occurrences)
... (BBE). 1 Kings 21:10 And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him
and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. ...
/c/cursing.htm - 22k

Villain (1 Occurrence)
... Villain (1 Occurrence). Proverbs 6:12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer;
he goes on his way causing trouble with false words; (See NIV). ...
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Nothing (769 Occurrences)
... be salted? It is then goodfornothing, but to be cast out and trodden
under the feet of men. (WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT). Matthew ...
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Naughty (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (superl.) Having little or nothing. 2. (superl.)
Worthless; bad; goodfornothing. 3. (superl.) hence, corrupt; wicked. ...
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Uncontrolled (58 Occurrences)
... gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech
got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons ...
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Undertakings (20 Occurrences)
... Judges 11:3 So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land
of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out ...
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Untested (3 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 13:7 And certain foolish and good-for-nothing men were joined with
him, and made themselves strong against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he ...
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Owned (18 Occurrences)
... Judges 19:22 While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing
men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they ...
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Judge's (8 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Proverbs 19:28 A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision:
and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream. (BBE). ...
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Resources
What is the problem of good? | GotQuestions.org

What is theodicy? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that God is good? | GotQuestions.org

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Good-for-nothing (22 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:22
But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother,' Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say,'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 13:13
That good-for-nothing persons have gone out from among you, turning the people of their town from the right way and saying, Let us go and give worship to other gods, of whom you have no knowledge;
(BBE)

Judges 9:4
And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.
(BBE)

Judges 11:3
So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.
(BBE)

Judges 19:22
While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.
(BBE)

Judges 20:13
Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 1:16
Do not take your servant to be a good-for-nothing woman: for my words have come from my stored-up sorrow and pain.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Eli were evil and good-for-nothing men, having no knowledge of the Lord.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 10:27
But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 25:17
So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 25:25
Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 30:22
Then the bad and good-for-nothing men among those who went with David said, Because they did not go with us, we will give them nothing of the goods which we have got back, but only to every man his wife and children, so that he may take them and go.
(BBE)

2 Samuel 16:7
And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:
(BBE)

1 Kings 21:10
And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.
(BBE)

1 Kings 21:13
And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 13:7
And certain foolish and good-for-nothing men were joined with him, and made themselves strong against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and untested and not able to keep them back.
(BBE)

Proverbs 6:12
A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
(BBE)

Proverbs 16:27
A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
(BBE)

Proverbs 19:28
A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.
(BBE)

Proverbs 28:19
By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.
(BBE)

Nahum 1:15
See on the mountains the feet of him who comes with good news, giving word of peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, give effect to your oaths: for the good-for-nothing man will never again go through you; he is completely cut off.
(BBE)

Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are good-for-nothing persons, full of deceit: her priests have made the holy place unclean and have gone violently against the law.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Good-for-nothing

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Naughty (3 Occurrences)

Uncontrolled (58 Occurrences)

Undertakings (20 Occurrences)

Untested (3 Occurrences)

Owned (18 Occurrences)

Judge's (8 Occurrences)

Lost (85 Occurrences)

Goes (472 Occurrences)

Good-day (2 Occurrences)

Goodlier (1 Occurrence)

Wherewith (182 Occurrences)

Flavor (2 Occurrences)

Trampled (41 Occurrences)

Thenceforth (11 Occurrences)

Trodden (42 Occurrences)

Tabeel (2 Occurrences)

Rascally (1 Occurrence)

Restored (77 Occurrences)

Designer (12 Occurrences)

Delectable (2 Occurrences)

Plots (20 Occurrences)

Ploughing (14 Occurrences)

Clearing (11 Occurrences)

Cabul (2 Occurrences)

Crushed (199 Occurrences)

Salted (6 Occurrences)

Stored-up (2 Occurrences)

Savour (52 Occurrences)

Spreads (31 Occurrences)

Crooked (31 Occurrences)

Savor (51 Occurrences)

Break (257 Occurrences)

Imagination (20 Occurrences)

Evil-doer (88 Occurrences)

Good (8348 Occurrences)

Cast (640 Occurrences)

Seats (40 Occurrences)

Joining (43 Occurrences)

Curses (55 Occurrences)

Stoned (38 Occurrences)

Spoiled (69 Occurrences)

Sounded (66 Occurrences)

Foot (193 Occurrences)

Corrupt (59 Occurrences)

Oaths (49 Occurrences)

Support (135 Occurrences)

Salt (45 Occurrences)

Blows (105 Occurrences)

Store (134 Occurrences)

Girdle (44 Occurrences)

Sends (94 Occurrences)

Empty (84 Occurrences)

Evil-doers (122 Occurrences)

Shekels (92 Occurrences)

Sport (99 Occurrences)

Speech (107 Occurrences)

Stream (96 Occurrences)

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Sense (195 Occurrences)

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Possible (133 Occurrences)

Pain (172 Occurrences)

Attention (236 Occurrences)

Sorrow (277 Occurrences)

Goods (231 Occurrences)

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