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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59255" /> ==
 
<p> CURIOUS, a. L., care. See Cure. </p> 1. [[Strongly]] desirous to see what is novel, or to discover what is unknown solicitous to see or to know inquisitive. <p> Be not curious in unnecessary matters, nor to pry into the concerns of your neighbors. </p> 2. Habitually inquisitive addicted to research or enquiry as a man of a curious turn of mind sometimes followed by after, and sometimes by of. <p> [[Curious]] after things elegant and beautiful curious of antiquities. </p> 3. Accurate careful not to mistake solicitous to be correct. <p> Men were not curious what syllables or particles they used. </p> 4. [[Careful]] nice solicitous in selection difficult to please. <p> A temperate man is not curious of delicacies. </p> 5. Nice exact subtile made with care. <p> Both these senses embrace their objects--with a more curious discrimination. </p> 6. Artful nicely diligent. <p> Each ornament about her seemly lies, by curious chance, or careless art, composed. </p> 7. [[Wrought]] with care and art elegant neat finished as a curious girdle curious work &nbsp;Exodus 28,30 . 8. [[Requiring]] care and nicety as curious arts. &nbsp;Acts 19 . 9. Rigid severe particular. Little used. 10. [[Rare]] singular a a curious fact.
Curious <ref name="term_2823" />
       
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_106887" /> ==
<p> '''(1):''' (a.) Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (a.) Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; - sometimes with after or of. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (a.) Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (a.) [[Difficult]] to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact. </p>
       
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77081" /> ==
&nbsp;Acts 19:19&nbsp; 1—Timothy 5:13
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2823" /> ==
<p> ''''' kū´ri ''''' - ''''' us ''''' ( מחשׁבת , <i> ''''' maḥăshebheth ''''' </i> ; περίεργος , <i> ''''' perı́ergos ''''' </i> ): The above [[Hebrew]] word, meaning "thought," "device," "design," is translated "curious," &nbsp;Exodus 35:32 the King James Version "curious works"; the English Revised Version "cunning"; the American Standard Revised Version "skilful"; <i> ''''' ḥēshebh ''''' </i> ("device," "devised work"), translated the King James Version "curious girdle," is translated by the English Revised Version "cunningly woven band," the American Standard Revised Version "skilfully" (&nbsp;Exodus 28:8 , &nbsp;Exodus 28:27 , &nbsp;Exodus 28:28; &nbsp;Exodus 29:5; &nbsp;Exodus 39:5 , &nbsp;Exodus 39:20 , &nbsp;Exodus 39:21; &nbsp;Leviticus 8:7 ). In &nbsp;Psalm 139:15 <i> ''''' rāḳam ''''' </i> , "embroidered," "variegated" is used figuratively of a child in the womb, translated "curiously wrought"; "the body or the fetus is described as woven together of so many different-colored threads, like a cunning and beautiful network or tapestry" (Perowne in the place cited.). See also [[Curdle]] . <i> ''''' Periergos ''''' </i> , "working round about," is used of the "curious arts" of some in [[Ephesus]] who brought their books to be burned (&nbsp;Acts 19:19 the American Standard Revised Version "magical"). See [[Astrology]] 14. </p>
<p> ''''' kū´ri ''''' - ''''' us ''''' ( מחשׁבת , <i> ''''' maḥăshebheth ''''' </i> ; περίεργος , <i> ''''' perı́ergos ''''' </i> ): The above [[Hebrew]] word, meaning "thought," "device," "design," is translated "curious," &nbsp;Exodus 35:32 the King James Version "curious works"; the English Revised Version "cunning"; the American Standard Revised Version "skilful"; <i> ''''' ḥēshebh ''''' </i> ("device," "devised work"), translated the King James Version "curious girdle," is translated by the English Revised Version "cunningly woven band," the American Standard Revised Version "skilfully" (&nbsp;Exodus 28:8 , &nbsp;Exodus 28:27 , &nbsp;Exodus 28:28; &nbsp;Exodus 29:5; &nbsp;Exodus 39:5 , &nbsp;Exodus 39:20 , &nbsp;Exodus 39:21; &nbsp;Leviticus 8:7 ). In &nbsp;Psalm 139:15 <i> ''''' rāḳam ''''' </i> , "embroidered," "variegated" is used figuratively of a child in the womb, translated "curiously wrought"; "the body or the fetus is described as woven together of so many different-colored threads, like a cunning and beautiful network or tapestry" (Perowne in the place cited.). See also [[Curdle]] . <i> ''''' Periergos ''''' </i> , "working round about," is used of the "curious arts" of some in [[Ephesus]] who brought their books to be burned (&nbsp;Acts 19:19 the American Standard Revised Version "magical"). See [[Astrology]] 14. </p>
       
 
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== References ==
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<ref name="term_59255"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/curious Curious from King James Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_106887"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/curious Curious from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_77081"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/curious Curious from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_2823"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/curious Curious from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_2823"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/curious Curious from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
</references>
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Curious [1]

kū´ri - us ( מחשׁבת , maḥăshebheth  ; περίεργος , perı́ergos ): The above Hebrew word, meaning "thought," "device," "design," is translated "curious,"  Exodus 35:32 the King James Version "curious works"; the English Revised Version "cunning"; the American Standard Revised Version "skilful"; ḥēshebh ("device," "devised work"), translated the King James Version "curious girdle," is translated by the English Revised Version "cunningly woven band," the American Standard Revised Version "skilfully" ( Exodus 28:8 ,  Exodus 28:27 ,  Exodus 28:28;  Exodus 29:5;  Exodus 39:5 ,  Exodus 39:20 ,  Exodus 39:21;  Leviticus 8:7 ). In  Psalm 139:15 rāḳam , "embroidered," "variegated" is used figuratively of a child in the womb, translated "curiously wrought"; "the body or the fetus is described as woven together of so many different-colored threads, like a cunning and beautiful network or tapestry" (Perowne in the place cited.). See also Curdle . Periergos , "working round about," is used of the "curious arts" of some in Ephesus who brought their books to be burned ( Acts 19:19 the American Standard Revised Version "magical"). See Astrology 14.

References

  1. ↑ Curious from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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