1. (a.) Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.

2. (a.) Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.

3. (a.) Sparing; stingy; parsimonious.

Priscilla and Aquila
... It has struck me that this wedded couple present, even in the scanty notices that
we have of them, some interesting points which may be worth while gathering ...
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Enoch, the Deathless
... However scanty in number were the articles of his creed, they were not scanty
in results. They produced a great life and a great name. ...
/.../milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/enoch the deathless.htm

Introductory Note to Clement of Alexandria
... Jesus. "Dionysius the Areopagite, and the woman named Damaris," are no longer
to be despised as the scanty first-fruits of Attica. ...
/.../athenagoras/a plea for the christians/introductory note to clement of.htm

Physical Characteristics.
... His complexion was ruddy, his hair neither thick nor crisp curling, his beard scanty
and not growing in many places, his nose slightly hooked, and his eyes ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/section 3 physical characteristics.htm

After This, Celsus, Desirous of Maintaining that Providence ...
... of the earth, not more on our account than on that of the most savage animals, thus
proceeds: "We indeed by labour and suffering earn a scanty and toilsome ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxxvi after this celsus.htm

Preface of the Author.
... to the Person of the Holy Spirit. Studies of the Work of the Holy Spirit are
still more scanty. It is true there are several dissertations ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/preface of the author.htm

The Epistle to the Hebrews
... We do not find the author struggling, as it were, with a scanty language to express
the abundance of the thoughts that are crowding in upon him. ...
/.../drummond/introduction to the new testament/the epistle to the hebrews.htm

Sources.
... Smith, Dict.2 (1859), 126-127; Watson, Notice, in his translations; also for
multitudinous editions and translations, and relatively scanty though considerable ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/pamphilius/the life of constantine/section 2 sources.htm

The Question at Issue
... German scholar here displays a familiarity with Augustus's intentions and the limits
of his aims, which is quite unjustified by the scanty evidence accessible ...
/.../ramsay/was christ born in bethlehem/chapter 5 the question at.htm

Egypt
... Our glimpses of the age that preceded him"the age of the followers of
Horus, as the Egyptians termed it"are few and scanty. ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter v egypt.htm

Scanty (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a scanty supply
of words; a scanty supply of bread. ...Scanty (4 Occurrences). ...
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Scant (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted
for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of ...
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Trachonitis (1 Occurrence)
...Scanty vegetation peeped from the fissures in the rocks, or preserved a precarious
existence in the scanty soil sometimes seen in a hollow between opposing ...
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Simeon (48 Occurrences)
... of the Septuagint the latter half of Deuteronomy 33:6 is made to apply to him:
"Let Simeon be a small company." The history of the tribe is scanty and raises ...
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Elijah (104 Occurrences)
... When the brook dried up God sent him to the widow of Zarephath, a city of Zidon,
from whose scanty store he was supported for the space of two years. ...
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Scapegoat (3 Occurrences)

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Quickly (254 Occurrences)
... prison. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Matthew 13:5 Some falls
on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. It quickly ...
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Negeb (37 Occurrences)
... It is a land of sparse and scanty springs and small rainfall; in the character of
its soil it is a transition from the fertility of Canaan to the wilderness of ...
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Negev (39 Occurrences)
... It is a land of sparse and scanty springs and small rainfall; in the character of
its soil it is a transition from the fertility of Canaan to the wilderness of ...
/n/negev.htm - 26k

Oded (3 Occurrences)
... After those who were naked (ie those who had scanty clothing; compare the meaning
of the word "naked" in Mark 14:51) had been supplied with clothing from the ...
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