Contrite
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [1]
This word signifies beaten or bruised, as with hard blows, or an heaver burden; and so in Scripture language imports one whose heart is broken and wounded for sin, on opposition to the heart of stone, Is. 66: 2. Psalms 51:17 . Psa 57: 15. The evidences of a broken and contrite spirit are,
1. Deep conviction of the evil of sin.
2. Humiliation under a sense of it, Job 42:5; Job 6:1-30 :
3. Pungent sorrow for it, Zechariah 12:10 .
4. Ingenuous confession of it, 1 John 1:9 .
5. Prayer for deliverance from it, Psalms 51:10 . Luke 18:13 .
6. Susceptibility of good impressions, Ezekiel 11:19 .
Holman Bible Dictionary [2]
daka' Exodus 32:20 Isaiah 28:28 Psalm 89:11 Proverbs 22:22 Psalm 72:4 Psalm 9:9 Psalm 143:3 Psalm 51:17 Isaiah 57:15 Isaiah 66:2 Psalm 34:18
God's plan of salvation rests on God being pleased to crush His Suffering Servant ( Isaiah 53:10 NAS). This One will finally be exalted ( Isaiah 52:13 ).
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): (n.) A contrite person.
(2): (v.) In a contrite manner.
(3): (a.) Thoroughly bruised or broken.
(4): (a.) Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.
King James Dictionary [4]
Contrite a. L., to break or bruise to rub or wear. See Trite. Literally, worn or bruised. Hence, broken-hearted for sin deeply affected with grief and sorrow for having offended God humble penitent as a contrite sinner.
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalms 51 .
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
literally signifies beaten or bruised, as with hard blows, or a heavy burden; and so, in Scripture language, imports one whose heart is broken and wounded for sin, in opposition to the heart of stone ( Isaiah 66:2; Psalms 51:17). The evidences of a broken and contrite spirit are:
(1) Deep conviction of the evil of sin; (2) humiliation under a sense of it (Job 43:5, 6); (3) pungent sorrow for it ( Zechariah 12:10); (4) ingenuous confession of it ( 1 John 1:9); (5) prayer for deliverance from it ( Psalms 51:10; Luke 18:13); (6) susceptibility of good impressions ( Ezekiel 11:19).
