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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Jesting

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: No

Strongs Concordance:

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Jesting

JEST'ING, participle present tense Joking; talking for diversion or merriment.

JEST'ING, noun A joking; concise wit; wit that consists in a trope or verbal figure, in a metaphorical sense of words, or in a double sense of the same word, or in similitude of sound in different words.


Naves Topical Index
Jesting, Foolish

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Jestingly

JEST'INGLY, adverb In a jocose manner; not in earnest.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Jesting-stock

JEST'ING-STOCK, noun A laughing stock; a butt of ridicule.