Abjects
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:2.Worthless, mean, despicable, low in estimation, without hope or regard. | :2.Worthless, mean, despicable, low in estimation, without hope or regard. | ||
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A person in the lowest condition and despicable. Ps. xxxv. | A person in the lowest condition and despicable. Ps. xxxv. | ||
| - | + | * Ab-ject', v.t. | |
To throw away; to cast out. [Obs.] Spenser. | To throw away; to cast out. [Obs.] Spenser. | ||
| - | + | * Ab-ject'ed-ness, n. | |
A very low or despicable condition. [Little used.] | A very low or despicable condition. [Little used.] | ||
| - | + | * Ab-jec'tion, n. | |
A state of being cast away; hence a low state; meanness of spirit; baseness. | A state of being cast away; hence a low state; meanness of spirit; baseness. | ||
| - | + | * Ab-ject-ly, adv. | |
In a contemptible manner; meanly; servilely. | In a contemptible manner; meanly; servilely. | ||
| - | + | * Ab-ject-ness, n. | |
The state of being abject; meanness; servility. | The state of being abject; meanness; servility. | ||
Revision as of 04:00, 9 March 2013
Abjects appears in Psalm 35:15
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English
Noun
abjects
- plural of abject
Verb
abjects
- third-person singular of abject
Etymology
From Latin abiectus, past participle of abicere (“‘to reject’”), formed from ab- + iacere (“‘to throw’”).
Websters Dictionary 1828
AB'JECT, a.
(L. abjectus, from abjicio, to throw away, from ab and jacio, to throw.)
- 1.Sunk to a low condition; applied to persons or things. Hence,
- 2.Worthless, mean, despicable, low in estimation, without hope or regard.
- Ab-ject, n.
A person in the lowest condition and despicable. Ps. xxxv.
- Ab-ject', v.t.
To throw away; to cast out. [Obs.] Spenser.
- Ab-ject'ed-ness, n.
A very low or despicable condition. [Little used.]
- Ab-jec'tion, n.
A state of being cast away; hence a low state; meanness of spirit; baseness.
- Ab-ject-ly, adv.
In a contemptible manner; meanly; servilely.
- Ab-ject-ness, n.
The state of being abject; meanness; servility.
KJV Dictionary
Abjects
Those who strike out with their tongue.
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the ABJECTS gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. (Psalm 35:15-16)
Will Kinney
- Psalm 35:15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
- The KJB critics love to jump on this verse and tell us that the word "abjects" is wrong. The "abjects" are simply contemptible or despicable people, and it is the reading found in the RV, ASV, Geneva, and the 1917, and 1936 Jewish translations. The Spanish Reina Valera says "gente despreciables" (despicable people), thus agreeing with the KJB, but the NKJV, NIV have "the attackers gather against me", and the NASB says they were "smiters". (Will Kinney)
Trinitarian Bible Society
The Trinitarian Bible Society has published "A Bible Word List" which "gives brief explanations of words in the Authorised Version describing unfamiliar objects, animals and plants, weights, measures and money, and words no longer in everyday use, or now used with a different meaning." It defines "Abjects" as
- "the lowest, outcasts: Ps. 35.15"
E. W. Bullinger
E. W. Bullinger in The Companion Bible at Psalm 35:15 has the footnote:
- "abjects = outcasts"
