Bible Dictionaries
Dainty
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
properly signifies "oily, or anointed with oil" (from lipos, "grease," connected with aleipho, "to anoint"); it is said of things which pertain to delicate and sumptuous living; hence, "dainty," Revelation 18:14 . In the Sept., Judges 3:29; Nehemiah 9:35; Isaiah 30:23 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dainty'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/dainty.html. 1940.