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| == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77297" /> ==
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| <div> '''1: '''''Νοσέω''''' ''' (Strong'S #3552 — Verb — noseo — nos-eh'-o ) </div> <p> signifies "to be ill, to be ailing," whether in body or mind; hence, "to be taken with such a morbid interest in a thing as is tantamount to a disease, to dote," 1—Timothy 6:4 (marg., "sick"). The primary meaning of "dote" is to be foolish (cp. Jeremiah 50:36 , the evident meaning of noseo, in this respect, is "to be unsound." </p>
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| == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_113170" /> ==
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| <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) An imbecile; a dotard. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To act foolishly. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) Natural endowments. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; - with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child. </p>
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| == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59577" /> ==
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| <p> DOTE, </p> 1. To be delirious to have the intellect impaired by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers to be silly. <p> Time has made you dote, and vainly tell of arms imagined in your lonely cell. </p> 2. To be excessively in love usually with on or upon to dote on, is to love to excess or extravagance. <p> What dust we dote on, when tis man we love. </p> <p> [[Aholah]] dotes on her lovers, the Assyrians. Ezekiel 23 . </p> 3. To decay.
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| == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3143" /> ==
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| <p> ''''' dōt ''''' : "To dote" means either "to be weakminded" or "to be foolishly fond." In the latter sense it is employed in Ezekiel 23:5; in the former, in Jeremiah 50:36 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "shall become fools"); the King James Version [[Sirach]] 25:2 (the Revised Version (British and American) "lacking understanding"), and the King James Version 1 Timothy 6:4 (the Revised Version, margin "to be sick"; the King James Version margin"a fool"). </p> | | <p> ''''' dōt ''''' : "To dote" means either "to be weakminded" or "to be foolishly fond." In the latter sense it is employed in Ezekiel 23:5; in the former, in Jeremiah 50:36 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "shall become fools"); the King James Version [[Sirach]] 25:2 (the Revised Version (British and American) "lacking understanding"), and the King James Version 1 Timothy 6:4 (the Revised Version, margin "to be sick"; the King James Version margin"a fool"). </p> |
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| ==References == | | == References == |
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| <ref name="term_77297"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/dote Dote from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_113170"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/dote Dote from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_59577"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/dote Dote from King James Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_3143"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/dote Dote from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | | <ref name="term_3143"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/dote Dote from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> |
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| </references> | | </references> |
