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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune, negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from one's purse or pocket, or in business or gaming; to lose an arm or a leg by amputation; to lose men in battle.

2. (v. t.) To cease to have; to possess no longer; to suffer diminution of; as, to lose one's relish for anything; to lose one's health.

3. (v. t.) Not to employ; to employ ineffectually; to throw away; to waste; to squander; as, to lose a day; to lose the benefits of instruction.

4. (v. t.) To wander from; to miss, so as not to be able to and; to go astray from; as, to lose one's way.

5. (v. t.) To ruin; to destroy; as destroy; as, the ship was lost on the ledge.

6. (v. t.) To be deprived of the view of; to cease to see or know the whereabouts of; as, he lost his companion in the crowd.

7. (v. t.) To fail to obtain or enjoy; to fail to gain or win; hence, to fail to catch with the mind or senses; to miss; as, I lost a part of what he said.

8. (v. t.) To cause to part with; to deprive of.

9. (v. t.) To prevent from gaining or obtaining.

10. (v. i.) To suffer loss, disadvantage, or defeat; to be worse off, esp. as the result of any kind of contest.

Greek

1457b. egkakeo -- to lose heart
... 1457a, 1457b. egkakeo. 1458 . to lose heart. Transliteration: egkakeo
Short Definition: disheartened. Word Origin from en and kakos ...
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131. haimorroeo -- to lose blood
... to lose blood. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: haimorroeo Phonetic Spelling:
(hahee-mor-hreh'-o) Short Definition: I suffer from a continual flow (oozing ...
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1601b. ekpipto -- to drop away, fig. to lose, become inefficient
... to drop away, fig. to lose, become inefficient. Transliteration: ekpipto Short
Definition: aground. Word Origin from ek and pipto Definition to drop away, fig. ...
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622. apollumi -- to destroy, destroy utterly
... to destroy, destroy utterly. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apollumi Phonetic
Spelling: (ap-ol'-loo-mee) Short Definition: I destroy, lose, am perishing ...
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1601. ekpipto -- to leap out
... out, fall off, fall away; hence in nautical language: I fall off from the straight
course; of flowers: I fade away, wither away; I fall from, lose, forfeit; I ...
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2210. zemioo -- to damage, suffer loss
... the irony of how . As a person grows in knowing Christ they willingly
"lose" their "right" to be #NAME? eternal significance in ...
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3471. moraino -- to be foolish
... make foolish, lose savor. From moros; to become insipid; figuratively, to make
(passively, act) as a simpleton -- become fool, make foolish, lose savour. ...
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120. athumeo -- to gather
... to gather. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: athumeo Phonetic Spelling:
(ath-oo-meh'-o) Short Definition: I lose heart Definition: I lose heart, am ...
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3119. malakia -- softness, weakness
... softens") the victim. 3119 () is an ailment that -- "a infirmity" causing
the to lose muscle fiber, etc. Word Origin from malakos ...
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358. analos -- saltless
... without saltiness. From a (as a negative particle) and hals; saltless, ie Insipid --
X lose saltness. see GREEK a. see GREEK hals. (analon) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5301. naphach -- to breathe, blow
... blow NASB Word Usage blow (3), blows (1), boiling (2), breathe (1), breathed (1),
breathing is labored* (1), disdainfully sniff (1), lose (1), unfanned (1). ...
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6. abad -- to perish
... break, destroy uction, not escape, fail, lose, cause to, make perish, spend,.
A primitive root; properly, to wander away, ie Lose ...
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622. asaph -- to gather, remove
... collected (2), collects (1), cure (4), destroy (1), disappear (1), drew (1), garner
(1), gather (33), gathered (81), gathering (1), gathers (3), lose (3), pick ...
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7843. shachath -- perhaps to go to ruin
... batter, cast off, corrupter, thing, destroyer lose, mar, perish, spill,.
A primitive root; to decay, ie (causatively) ruin (literally ...
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5287. naar -- to shake, shake out or off
... root Definition to shake, shake out or off NASB Word Usage lose (1), overthrew
(2), shake (2), shake free (1), shaken (2), shaken off (1), shakes (1), shook (1 ...
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5034b. nabel -- to sink or drop down, languish, fade
... Definition to sink or drop down, languish, fade NASB Word Usage crumbles away (1),
fade (1), fade away (1), fades (2), fades away (1), fading (2), lose heart (1 ...
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7503. raphah -- sink, relax
... 2), let her alone (1), let him alone (1), let him go (1), let it go (1), let me
alone (1), let us alone (1), let go (1), limp (1), loosens (1), lose courage* (1 ...
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4549. masas -- to dissolve, melt
... root Definition to dissolve, melt NASB Word Usage completely lose heart (1), drenched
(1), dropped (1), melt (7), melt away (1), melted (5), melting (1), melts ...
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7921. shakol -- to be bereaved
... literally or figuratively) -- bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young),
be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, X expect, lose children, miscarry ...
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3027. yad -- hand
... 1), hold* (1), human agency (1), idle* (1), influence (1), jaws (1), labor (1),
large* (2), leadership (1), left-handed* (2), let go* (1), lose courage* (1 ...
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Library

That the Saints Lose Nothing in Losing Temporal Goods.
... The City of God.Book I. Chapter 10."That the Saints Lose Nothing in Losing
Temporal Goods. These ... [54] Did they lose these? For ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 10 that the saints lose.htm

May one Lose the Blessing?
... CHAPTER XVIII. MAY ONE LOSE THE BLESSING? The question trembles from many a
lip"If I get the blessing, may I lose it? Most certainly. But, glory be to God! ...
/.../macneil/the spirit-filled life/chapter xviii may one lose.htm

Whether we Can Lose Charity when once we have It?
... OF THE SUBJECT OF CHARITY (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether we can lose charity when once
we have it? ... For if we lose it, this can only be through sin. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether we can lose charity.htm

Times Lose no Time; nor do they Roll Idly By...
... Book IV Chapter VIII Times lose no time; nor do they roll idly by? Times
lose no time; nor do they roll idly by; through our senses ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter viii times lose no.htm

So Then, if Souls Lose all their Knowledge on Being Fettered with ...
... Book II. 27 So then, if souls lose all their knowledge on being fettered
with the body? So then, if souls lose all their knowledge ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/27 so then if souls.htm

That the Jews Should Lose Jerusalem, and Should Leave the Land ...
... First Book. 6. That the Jews should lose Jerusalem, and should leave the
land which they had received. In Isaiah: "Your country ...
/.../cyprian/three books of testimonies against the jews/6 that the jews should.htm

Also that they Should Lose the Light of the Lord.
... First Book. 7. Also that they should lose the Light of the Lord. In Isaiah:
"Come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord. ...
/.../cyprian/three books of testimonies against the jews/7 also that they should.htm

That the Jews Would Lose While we Should Receive the Bread and the ...
... That the Jews would lose while we should receive the bread and the cup of Christ
and all His grace, and that the new name of Christians should be blessed in ...
/.../cyprian/three books of testimonies against the jews/22 that the jews would.htm

The Great Misery of those who Lose the Saints' Rest.
... CHAPTER V. THE GREAT MISERY OF THOSE WHO LOSE THE SAINTS' REST. ... They lose that shining
lustre of the body, surpassing the brightness of the sun at noon-day. ...
/.../baxter/the saints everlasting rest/chapter v the great misery.htm

The Misery of those Who, Besides Losing the Saints' Rest, Lose the ...
... CHAPTER VI. THE MISERY OF THOSE WHO, BESIDES LOSING THE SAINTS' REST, LOSE
THE ENJOYMENTS OF TIME, AND SUFFER THE TORMENTS OF HELL. ...
/.../baxter/the saints everlasting rest/chapter vi the misery of.htm

Thesaurus

Lose (59 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To part with unintentionally or unwillingly, as by accident, misfortune,
negligence, penalty, forfeit, etc.; to be deprived of; as, to lose money from ...
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Loses (17 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Loses (17 Occurrences). Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of
the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? ...
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Wishes (37 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Matthew 16:25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and
whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. (See NAS). ...
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Sake (241 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV). Matthew 10:39 He who seeks his life will lose it;
and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. (WEB ...
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Forfeit (12 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime;
to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right ...
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Desires (151 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY DBY). Matthew 16:25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it,
and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. (WEB WEY). ...
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Save (375 Occurrences)
... We are dying!" (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Matthew 10:39 To save
your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it. (WEY). ...
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Wither (30 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) To fade; to lose freshness; to become sapless; to become sapless; to dry
or shrivel up. ... 3. (n.) To lose vigor or power; to languish; to pass away. ...
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Trip (4 Occurrences)
... 3. (ni) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence,
to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble. ...
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Desire (565 Occurrences)
... The Hebrew kacaph, literally, "to lose in value," is translated (Zep 2:1) by "hath
no shame" (the Revised Version, margin "longing," the King James Version ...
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Resources

Can you lose the Holy Spirit? | GotQuestions.org

Can a Christian lose salvation? | GotQuestions.org

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Lose (59 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:13
Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.
(YLT NIV)

Matthew 5:29
And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 5:30
And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 10:39
He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 10:42
Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 16:25
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
(KJV WBS)

Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 8:36
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
(KJV WBS)

Mark 9:41
For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 9:24
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 9:25
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
(Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 15:4
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
(KJV WBS NIV)

Luke 15:8
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 16:4
I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.'
(See NIV)

Luke 17:33
Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 18:1
He also taught them by a parable that they must always pray and never lose heart.
(WEY NAS RSV)

John 6:39
This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 12:25
He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 13:27
Then, after Judas had received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. "Lose no time about it," said Jesus to him.
(WEY)

John 18:9
that the word might be fulfilled that he said -- 'Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.'
(YLT)

Acts 19:27
Not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be counted as nothing, and her majesty destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships."
(See NIV)

Acts 27:34
Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads."
(See NIV)

2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don't faint.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 4:16
Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 6:9
but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap.
(DBY NAS RSV)

Ephesians 3:13
Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
(WEB WEY NAS RSV)

Colossians 3:21
Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged. Paul's First Letter to Timothy
(See NAS)

Titus 3:12
After I have sent Artemas or Tychicus to you, lose no time in joining me at Nicopolis; for I have decided to pass the winter there.
(WEY)

Hebrews 12:3
For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don't grow weary, fainting in your souls.
(See NAS NIV)

Hebrews 12:5
and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, "My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
(See RSV NIV)

2 Peter 3:17
You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.
(See RSV)

2 John 1:8
Watch yourselves, that we don't lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 26:9
Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say,'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I said,'Lest I die because of her.'"
(See NIV)

Genesis 27:45
until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send, and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?"
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 1:28
Where are we going up? our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying,'The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to the sky; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.'"
(See NIV)

Judges 18:25
The children of Dan said to him, "Don't let your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 9:20
And as for the asses that thou didst lose three days ago, set not thy heart on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel set? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
(DBY)

1 Samuel 17:32
David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."
(See NIV)

2 Samuel 17:10
Even he who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
(See NAS)

2 Samuel 22:46
The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

1 Kings 18:5
Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

2 Chronicles 15:7
But you be strong, and don't let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.
(See NAS)

Job 31:39
if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS)

Psalms 2:12
Kiss the Chosen One, lest He be angry, And ye lose the way, When His anger burneth but a little, O the happiness of all trusting in Him!
(YLT)

Proverbs 23:8
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Proverbs 25:10
Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 3:6
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Isaiah 7:4
And say to him, Take care and be quiet; have no fear, and do not let your heart be feeble, because of these two ends of smoking fire-wood, because of the bitter wrath of Rezin and Aram, and of the son of Remaliah.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 19:9
And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 33:9
The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 4:9
And it will come about in that day, says the Lord, that the heart of the king will be dead in him, and the hearts of the rulers; and the priests will be overcome with fear, and the prophets with wonder.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 17:4
You, even of yourself, shall discontinue from your heritage that I gave you; and I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don't know: for you have kindled a fire in my anger which shall burn forever.
(See NIV)

Daniel 11:30
For ships of Kittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved, and shall return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and shall do his pleasure : he shall even return, and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant.
(See NIV)

Joel 2:10
The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
(See NAS)

Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
(See NAS)

Zephaniah 3:7
I said, "Just fear me. Receive correction, so that her dwelling won't be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her." But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.
(See RSV)

Zechariah 9:5
Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Lose

Related Terms

Loses (17 Occurrences)

Wishes (37 Occurrences)

Sake (241 Occurrences)

Forfeit (12 Occurrences)

Desires (151 Occurrences)

Save (375 Occurrences)

Wither (30 Occurrences)

Trip (4 Occurrences)

Desire (565 Occurrences)