Lightness
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.

2. (n.) Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room.

3. (n.) Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
LIGHT; LIGHTNESS

James Orr

Greek
1644. elaphria -- levity, ie fickleness
... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: elaphria Phonetic Spelling: (el-af-ree'-ah) Short
Definition: levity, fickleness Definition: levity, fickleness, lightness. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7032b. qol -- lightness, frivolity
... lightness, frivolity. Transliteration: qol Short Definition: lightness. Word Origin
from qalal Definition lightness, frivolity NASB Word Usage lightness (1). ...
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6350. pachazuth -- recklessness, extravagance
... boasting (1). lightness. From pachaz; frivolity -- lightness. see HEBREW
pachaz. 6349, 6350. pachazuth. 6351 . Strong's Numbers.
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6963. qol -- sound, voice
... aloud, bleating, crackling, cry out, fame, lightness, lowing, noise,. Or
qol {kole}; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a ...
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Library

Of the Lightness of the Soul which May be Compared to a Wing or ...
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter IV. Of the lightness of the
soul which may be compared to a wing or feather. For the ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter iv of the lightness.htm

On the Lightness of Thoughts.
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XIII. On the lightness of
thoughts. For when the mind has taken in the meaning of ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xiii on the lightness.htm

Whether Backbiting is a Mortal Sin?
... But if they be uttered out of lightness of heart or for some unnecessary motive,
it is not a mortal sin, unless perchance the spoken word be of such a grave ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether backbiting is a mortal.htm

Why the Lord's Yoke is Felt Grievous and his Burden Heavy.
... he should vex us by diminishing these and depriving us of them, contriving by his
crafty wiles that when the sweetness of His yoke and lightness of His burden ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xxiv why the lords.htm

Whether There is a Sin in Lack of Mirth?
... and (Tobias 3:17): "Never have I joined myself with them that play; neither have
I made myself partaker with them that walk in lightness." Therefore there can ...
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The Latest Improved.
... There are little yieldings to lightness, impatience, aircastle building, exaggerations,
frettings, murmurings, idleness, etc., that prey upon the soul and rob ...
//christianbookshelf.org/orr/how to live a holy life/the latest improved.htm

The Shepherd among his Flock
... He spoke humorously when lightness and gaiety were in order, and seriously when
the word of faith was needed. There is much to be learned from his approach. ...
/.../herrick/frank h nelson of cincinnati/the shepherd among his flock.htm

Prayer and Devotion
... and worship. It is foreign to everything like lightness of spirit, and is
opposed to levity and noise and bluster. Devotion dwells ...
/.../bounds/the essentials of prayer/iii prayer and devotion.htm

Those for whom Christ Prayed --"Sanctify Them. "
... There is no lightness, no jesting, no quibbling, no bickering; all are serious,
terribly in earnest, intent on "the promise of the Father." There is Peter ...
/.../rees/the heart-cry of jesus/chapter iii those for whom.htm

Thus, Look at Every Free People, from the Mountains of Helvetia to ...
... making conquests and not keeping them, ravaging, dazzling, charming, and corrupting
Europe, and bearing the manners, vices, bravado, lightness, and impiety of ...
/.../lamartine/atheism among the people/xvii thus look at every.htm

Thesaurus
Lightness (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room. ... Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. LIGHT; LIGHTNESS. James Orr. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Lightly (31 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 1:17 This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or
the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may ...
/l/lightly.htm - 16k

Levity (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative
lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a ...
/l/levity.htm - 7k

Gravity (3 Occurrences)
... All mere lightness of demeanor (the opposite of gravity) tells against the great
trusts committed to both parents and teachers (compare 1 Timothy 3:11 Titus 2:2 ...
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Gazelle (12 Occurrences)
... It is a marvel of lightness and grace, and a herd, when alarmed, makes off with
great rapidity over the roughest country (2 Samuel 2:18 1 Chronicles 12:8 ...
/g/gazelle.htm - 13k

Flitting (1 Occurrence)
... & vb. n.) of Flit. 2. (n.) A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering. 3.
(n.) A removal from one habitation to another. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Minded (36 Occurrences)
... a second benefit; (KJV ASV). 2 Corinthians 1:17 When I therefore was thus
minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose ...
/m/minded.htm - 16k

Prostitution (48 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 3:9 It happened through the lightness of her prostitution, that the land
was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks. (WEB). ...
/p/prostitution.htm - 22k

Confusion (71 Occurrences)
... translated "confusion"; tohu, "wastiness," "emptiness" is so translated (Isaiah
24:10; Isaiah 34:11; Isaiah 41:29), also qalon, "lightness," "contempt" (Job 10 ...
/c/confusion.htm - 39k

Counselling (9 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 1:17 This, therefore, counselling, did I then use the lightness; or
the things that I counsel, according to the flesh do I counsel, that it may ...
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Resources
The Christian and Depression | GotQuestions.org

Lightness: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Lightness (3 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 1:17
When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
(KJV DBY YLT)

Jeremiah 3:9
It happened through the lightness of her prostitution, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Jeremiah 23:32
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
(KJV WBS)

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