5 occurrences in 12 translations

'Lightly' in the Bible

And the people hath exacted -- man upon man, Even a man on his neighbour, Enlarge themselves do the youths against the aged, And the lightly esteemed against the honoured.

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToBad ChildrenDisrespect For Old AgeDiscourtesyOppressorsThe Elderly

And he will lift up a banner to the nations afar off, and will hiss for one from the end of the earth; and behold, it will come rapidly and lightly.

Verse ConceptsBanner, Figurative UseSpeedFlagsWhistlingFar From HerePeople From Far Away

Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.

Verse ConceptsHumilityComing Out Of DarknessDespair

And now hath Jehovah spoken, saying, 'In three years, as years of an hireling, Lightly esteemed is the honour of Moab, With all the great multitude, And the remnant is little, small, not mighty!'

Verse ConceptsInferiorityHirelingsPowerlessnessThree YearsSurvivors ThreatenedLosing Honour

There is not thence any more a suckling of days, And an aged man who doth not complete his days, For the youth a hundred years old dieth, And the sinner, a hundred years old, is lightly esteemed.

Verse ConceptsThe AccursedMillennial KingdomNew Heavens And New EarthOld Age, Attainment OfLifespanLiving LongDyingDeath Of A Childbabyteenager

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Lightly (40 instances)
Softly (13 instances)
Thinly (1 instance)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
φωτίζω 
Photizo 
Usage: 10

ἀμελέω 
ameleo 
neglect , make light of , regard not , be negligent
Usage: 4

ἀποκάλυψις 
Apokalupsis 
Usage: 18

ἅπτω 
Hapto 
Usage: 1

ἀστραπή 
Astrape 
Usage: 5

ἀστράπτω 
Astrapto 
Usage: 1

ἐλαφρία 
Elaphria 
Usage: 1

ἐλαφρός 
Elaphros 
Usage: 1

ἐπιφαίνω 
Epiphaino 
Usage: 4

ἐπιφαύω 
Epiphausko 
Usage: 1

καίω 
Kaio 
Usage: 7

κουφίζω 
Kouphizo 
Usage: 1

λαμπάς 
Lampas 
Usage: 4

λάμπω 
Lampo 
Usage: 4

λύχνος 
Luchnos 
Usage: 4

πίπτω πέτω 
Pipto 
Usage: 56

ταχύ 
Tachu 
Usage: 5

φέγγος 
Pheggos 
Usage: 0

φῶς 
Phos 
Usage: 44

φωστήρ 
Phoster 
Usage: 2

φωτεινός 
Photeinos 
Usage: 1

φωτισμός 
Photismos 
Usage: 2

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