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Bible Concordance

Psalms 90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men. (See JPS)

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Contrition (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CONTRITE; CONTRITION. ... The theological term
"contrition" designates more than is found in these passages. ...
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Contrite (5 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CONTRITE; CONTRITION. ... The theological term
"contrition" designates more than is found in these passages. ...
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Thigh (38 Occurrences)
... To smite upon the thigh was a token of contrition (Jeremiah 31:19) or of terror
(Ezra 21:12). Burton Scott Easton. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Repentance (28 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) The act of turning around an improper behavior;
sorrow for what one has done; especially, contrition for sin. Int. ...
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Penitence (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Sorrow for sins or faults with desire to make amends;
repentance; contrition. Multi-Version Concordance Penitence (1 Occurrence). ...
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Brokenness (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The state or quality of being broken; unevenness.
2. (n.) Contrition; as, brokenness of heart. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Contrived (1 Occurrence)

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Cain (18 Occurrences)
... Although his remonstrance against the severity of his sentence displays no genuine
contrition, still Yahweh in pity appoints a "sign" for his protection. ...
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Shame (412 Occurrences)
... awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt." From
one's own past there is no deliverance, save through contrition of spirit and ...
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Confession (22 Occurrences)
... of sin was demanded by the church as a condition of the absolution, and made an
element of penitence, which was analyzed into contrition, confession and ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CONTRITE; CONTRITION

kon'-trit, kontrish'-un (dakka', "bruise"): Only in Old Testament (Psalm 34:18 Psalm 51:17 Isaiah 57:15); nakheh, "smitten" (Isaiah 66:2). Contrite, "crushed," is only the superlative of "broken"; "a contrite heart" is "a heart broken to pieces." In Holy Scripture, the heart is the seat of all feeling, whether joy or sorrow. A contrite heart is one in which the natural pride and self-sufficiency have been completely humbled by the consciousness of guilt. The theological term "contrition" designates more than is found in these passages. It refers to the grief experienced as a consequence of the revelation of sin made by the preaching of the law (Jeremiah 23:29). The Augsburg Confession (Article XII) analyzes repentance into two parts: "Contrition and faith," the one the fruit of the preaching of the law, the other of the gospel. While contrition has its degrees, and is not equal in all persons, the promise of forgiveness is not dependent upon the degree of contrition, but solely upon the merit of Christ. It is not simply a precondition of faith, but, as hatred of sin, combined with the purpose, by God's aid, to overcome it, grows with faith.

H. E. Jacobs

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.

2. (n.) The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance.