9 occurrences in 12 translations

'Inferior' in the Bible

They have provoked My jealousywith their so-called gods;they have enraged Me with their worthless idols.So I will provoke their jealousywith an inferior people;I will enrage them with a foolish nation.

Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfVanityFoolish PeopleWhat Is Not GodMaking Israel Jealous

Now it happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a certain Levite living [as an alien] in the most remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesKingship, HumanBethlehemNo King

Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle the fattened animals and lambs along with all that was good. They were not willing to completely destroy them, but they did completely destroy everything that was worthless and inferior.

Verse ConceptsFatnessCovetousness, Example OfAnnihilation

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

Verse ConceptsInferioritySelf RespectSelf ExaltationI Am Unimportant

And the people will be oppressed,Each one by another, and each one by his neighbor;The youth will storm against the elderAnd the inferior against the honorable.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToBad ChildrenDisrespect For Old AgeDiscourtesyOppressorsThe Elderly

When he has leveled its surface,Does he not sow [the seed of] dill and scatter cumin,And plant wheat in rows,And barley in its [intended] place and rye within its border?

Verse ConceptsHerbs And SpicesCummin

And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

Verse ConceptsBrassInferiorityThings Like BronzeThird Person

"There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the Lord who rules over all, "and my name is awesome among the nations."

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfDeception, Forbidden By GodReverence, And God's NatureVowsMaking VowsBlemished CreaturesThe Curse Of The LawGod CursingGod Is To Be Fearedcheatersclosure

Bible Theasaurus

Deficient (10 instances)
Inferior (21 instances)
Lesser (11 instances)
Lower (97 instances)
Lowly (47 instances)
Minor (10 instances)
Minus (1 instance)
Petty (2 instances)
Secondary (8 instances)
Subordinate (5 instances)

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