REPROBATE
Source: 551, 553, 556, 566, 567
Rejected as not enduring the test of worthiness, Jer 6:30. Some men are spoken of as reprobate even in this life, being hardened in sin and unbelief, Ro 1:28 2Ti 3:8 Tit 1:16.
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reprobate. reprobate, a cast away, out of fauour, a forlorne person, and one past grace
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Reprobate. Reprobate
That which is rejected on account of its own worthlessness (Jer. 6:30; Heb. 6:8; Gr. adokimos, “rejected”). This word is also used with reference to persons cast away or rejected because they have failed to make use of opportunities offered them (1 Cor. 9:27; 2 Cor. 13:5-7).
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reprobate. Reprobate, n. a man abandoned to wickedness
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Rep″ro‐bate (–b?t), a. [[L. reprobatus, p. p. of reprobare to disapprove, condemn. See Reprieve, Reprove.]] 1. 1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. vi. 30. 2. 2. Abandoned to punishment; hence, morally abandoned and lost; given up to vice; depraved.
And strength, and art, are easily outdone By spirits reprobate. Milton. 3. 3. Of or pertaining to one who is given up to wickedness; as, reprobate conduct. “Reprobate desire.” Shak.
Syn. — Abandoned; vitiated; depraved; corrupt; wicked; profligate; base; vile. See Abandoned.