吝
lìn
advancedRadical 口Strokes 7
How is 吝 read in the Chinese Bible?
吝 is read lìn in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses across 2 books, first in Proverbs 11:24. Common words: 吝啬, 吝惜, 不吝.
- Occurrences
- 4
- Verses
- 4
- Books
- 2
- First in
- Proverbs 11:24
Words it forms in the Bible
Meaning: stingy, miserly; parsimonious
In the text
- Proverbs 11:24
有施散的，却更增添； 有吝惜过度的，反致穷乏。
- Proverbs 21:26
有终日贪得无厌的； 义人施舍而不吝惜。
- Isaiah 32:5
愚顽人不再称为高明； 吝啬人不再称为大方。
- Isaiah 32:7
吝啬人所用的法子是恶的； 他图谋恶计， 用谎言毁灭谦卑人； 穷乏人讲公理的时候， 他也是这样行。
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.