Bible Dictionaries
Deserving
King James Dictionary
DESERVING, ppr.
1. Meriting having a just claim to reward justly meriting punishment.
2. Worthy of reward or praise meritorious possessed of good qualities that entitle to approbation as a deserving officer.
DESERVING, n. The act of meriting desert merit.
If ye have done to him according to the deserving of his hands. Judges 9 .
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