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| == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59483" /> ==
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| <p> [[Degenerate, L]] [[Grown]] worse, ignoble, base. </p> 1. To become worse to decay in good qualities to pass from a good to a bad or worse state to lose or suffer a diminution of valuable qualities, either in the natural or moral world. In the natural world, plants and animals degenerate when they grow to a less size than usual, or lose a part of the valuable qualities which belong to the species. In the moral world, men degenerate when they decline in virtue, or other good qualities. [[Manners]] degenerate when they become corrupt. [[Wit]] may degenerate into indecency or impiety. <p> [[Degenerate]] a. </p> 1. Having fallen from a perfect or good state into a less excellent or worse state having lost something of the good qualities possessed having declined in natural or moral worth. <p> The degenerate plant of a strange vine. Jeremiah 2 . </p> 2. Low base mean corrupt fallen from primitive or natural excellence having lost the good qualities of the species. Man is considered a degenerate being. A coward is a man of degenerate spirit.
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| == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_108571" /> ==
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| <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' a.) Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low. </p>
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| == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3083" /> ==
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| <p> ''''' dē̇ ''''' - ''''' jen´ẽr ''''' - ''''' āt ''''' : Only in Jeremiah 2:21 , where Judah is compared to a "noble vine" which it "turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine." It represents [[Hebrew]] <i> ''''' ṣūrı̄m ''''' </i> = "stray" or "degenerate (shoots)," from <i> ''''' ṣūr ''''' </i> = "to turn aside," especially to turn aside from the right path (Greek <i> ''''' pikria ''''' </i> , literally, "bitterness"). </p> | | <p> ''''' dē̇ ''''' - ''''' jen´ẽr ''''' - ''''' āt ''''' : Only in Jeremiah 2:21 , where Judah is compared to a "noble vine" which it "turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine." It represents [[Hebrew]] <i> ''''' ṣūrı̄m ''''' </i> = "stray" or "degenerate (shoots)," from <i> ''''' ṣūr ''''' </i> = "to turn aside," especially to turn aside from the right path (Greek <i> ''''' pikria ''''' </i> , literally, "bitterness"). </p> |
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| ==References == | | == References == |
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| <ref name="term_59483"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/degenerate Degenerate from King James Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_108571"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/degenerate Degenerate from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_3083"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/degenerate Degenerate from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | | <ref name="term_3083"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/degenerate Degenerate from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> |
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dē̇ - jen´ẽr - āt : Only in Jeremiah 2:21 , where Judah is compared to a "noble vine" which it "turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine." It represents Hebrew ṣūrı̄m = "stray" or "degenerate (shoots)," from ṣūr = "to turn aside," especially to turn aside from the right path (Greek pikria , literally, "bitterness").
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