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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.

2. (a.) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

3. (n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

AMISS

a-mis': There are two words translated "amiss" in the New Testament, atopos, referring to that which is improper or harmful (Luke 23:41 Acts 28:6), while kakos, refers to that which is evil in the sense of a disaster, then to that which is wicked, morally wrong. This latter is the use of it in James 4:3. The purpose of the prayer is evil, it is therefore amiss and cannot be granted (compare 2 Chronicles 6:37).

Greek

3902. parasemos -- marked amiss, marked at the side, marked with a ...
... marked amiss, marked at the side, marked with a sign. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: parasemos Phonetic Spelling: (par-as'-ay-mos) Short ...
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3876. parakoe -- a hearing amiss, by impl. disobedience
... parakoe. 3877 . a hearing amiss, by impl. ... 3876 reflects the attitude that to disobey
because of. Word Origin from parakouo Definition a hearing amiss, by impl. ...
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3878. parakouo -- to overhear, to hear amiss, to take no heed
... to overhear, to hear amiss, to take no heed. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
parakouo Phonetic Spelling: (par-ak-oo'-o) Short Definition: I refuse to hear ...
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824. atopos -- out of place, strange
... ordinary); (figuratively) unsuitable because "warped" (not "falling in line with"
needed expectations or the norm); strange, queer; out of line (kilter); amiss ...
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2560. kakos -- badly
... amiss, badly, grievously. From kakos; badly (physically or morally) -- amiss, diseased,
evil, grievously, miserably, sick, sore. see GREEK kakos. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7955. shalah -- thing amiss
... shalah. 7956 . thing amiss. Transliteration: shalah Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-law')
Short Definition: amiss. ... shelah Definition see NH7596. thing amiss ...
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5753. avah -- to bend, twist
... 5752, 5753. avah. 5753a . to bend, twist. Transliteration: avah Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-vaw') Short Definition: amiss. do amiss, bow ...
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7960. shalu -- neglect, remissness
... error, fail, thing amiss. (Aramaic) or shaluwth (Aramaic) {shaw-looth'}; from the
same as shalah; a fault -- error, X fail, thing amiss. see HEBREW shalah. ...
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Library

Our Friends Take it Amiss that I have Spoken of the Origenists as ...
... 18. Our friends take it amiss that I have spoken of the Origenists as
confederated together by orgies of false oaths. I named the ...
/.../18 our friends take it.htm

De Profundis.
... O let Thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint. If Thou, Lord, wilt
be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it? ...
/.../kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon xxiii de profundis.htm

Fifth Sunday in Lent. Out of the Depths have I Called unto Thee, O ...
... Out of the depths have I called unto Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice. If Thou,
Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss, O Lord, who may abide it?". ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/fifth sunday in lent out.htm

No Creature of God is Evil, but to Abuse a Creature of God is Evil ...
... said, sin is not the striving after an evil nature, but the desertion of a better,
and so the deed itself is evil, not the nature which the sinner uses amiss. ...
/.../chapter 36 name creature of.htm

Whether Every Man Desires Happiness?
... xiii, 5) that "happy is he who has all he desires, and desires nothing amiss." But
all do not desire this; for some desire certain things amiss, and yet they ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether every man desires happiness.htm

The Penitent Thief
... And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this Man hath
done nothing amiss.". ... "This Man hath done nothing amiss.". FAITH. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/men of the bible/vii the penitent thief.htm

Messiah's Innocence vindicated
... part, if he, who had been frequently present when Jesus conversed most freely in
private, with His select followers, had known anything amiss in His conduct ...
/.../newton/messiah vol 1/sermon xxiv messiahs innocence vindicated.htm

If, Then, You Really Intend to do an Act of Repentance for those ...
... condition that you may be able thereby to besmirch another; if it is not in pretence
but in good faith that you repent of what you have said amiss, come and do ...
/.../11 if then you really.htm

John Again on the Same Passage.
... Is it, shall we say, for no other reason but that they ask amiss? For the
Apostle James made this a ground of reproach when he said ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate lxxiii john again on.htm

Twenty-Ninth Lesson. According to his Will;
... God's word tells us that the great reason of unanswered prayer is that we do not
pray aright: Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss.' In not granting an ...
/.../with christ in the school of prayer/twenty-ninth lesson according to his.htm

Thesaurus

Amiss (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. 2. (a.) Wrong; faulty; out
of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. ...AMISS. ...
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Misconduct (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement. 2. (vt) To conduct amiss;
to mismanage. 3. (vi) To behave amiss. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Lust (42 Occurrences)
... delight in sensuality, hence, wicked pleasures; translated in James 4:1, 3 "pleasures":
"Your pleasures that war in your members"; "Ye ask amiss, that ye may ...
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Lusts (28 Occurrences)
... members? (KJV WBS). James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss,
that ye may consume it upon your lusts. (KJV WBS). 1 ...
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Guilt-offering (34 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 5:16 and he shall make restitution for that which he hath done amiss in
the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the ...
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Wrong (391 Occurrences)
... of cloth. 7. (adv.) In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill;
erroneously; wrongly. 8. (a.) That which is not right. 9 ...
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Wrongly (15 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong;
amiss; as, he judges wrongly of my motives. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Impeach (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 25:5 "Therefore let those of you," he said, "who can come, go down with me,
and impeach the man, if there is anything amiss in him." (WEY). ...
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Trespass-offering (34 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 5:16 and he shall make restitution for that which he hath done amiss in
the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the ...
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Receiving (72 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Luke 23:41 And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving due
requital for what we have done. But He has done nothing amiss." (WEY NAS RSV) ...
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Bible Concordance

Amiss (8 Occurrences)

Luke 23:41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS)

Acts 25:5 "Therefore let those of you," he said, "who can come, go down with me, and impeach the man, if there is anything amiss in him."
(WEY ASV)

Acts 28:6 But they expected that he would have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but when they were long in expectation and beheld nothing amiss came to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
(ASV)

James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Leviticus 5:16 and he shall make restitution for that which he hath done amiss in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering, and he shall be forgiven.
(ASV JPS RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:27 Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
(ASV RSV)

2 Chronicles 6:37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
(KJV WBS)

Daniel 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Amiss

Related Terms

Misconduct (4 Occurrences)

Lust (42 Occurrences)

Lusts (28 Occurrences)

Guilt-offering (34 Occurrences)

Wrong (391 Occurrences)

Wrongly (15 Occurrences)

Impeach (3 Occurrences)

Trespass-offering (34 Occurrences)

Receiving (72 Occurrences)