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Lone [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Solitary; retired; unfrequented; having no company.

2. And leave you in lone woods or empty walls.

3. Single; standing by itself; not having others in the neighborhood; as a lone house.

4. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.

Lone [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A lane. [Local.]

Lone [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Being without a companion; being by one's self; also, sad from lack of companionship; lonely; as, a lone traveler or watcher.

2. Single; unmarried, or in widowhood.

3. Being apart from other things of the kind; being by itself; also, apart from human dwellings and resort; as, a lone house.

4. Unfrequented by human beings; solitary.

Lone [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A lane. See Loanin.

Loneliness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Solitude; retirement; seclusion from company. He was weary of the loneliness of his habitation.

2. Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.

3. I see the mystery of your loneliness

Loneliness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The condition of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.

2. The state of being unfrequented by human beings; as, the loneliness of a road.

3. Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.

4. A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.

Lonely [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Solitary; retired; sequestered from company or neighbors; as a lonely situation; a lonely cell.

2. Solitary; as the lonely traveler.

3. Addicted to solitude or seclusion from company.

Lonely [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Sequestered from company or neighbors; solitary; retired; as, a lonely situation; a lonely cell.

2. Alone, or in want of company; forsaken.

3. Not frequented by human beings; as, a lonely wood.

4. Having a feeling of depression or sadness resulting from the consciousness of being alone; lonesome.

Loneness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Solitude; seclusion.

Loneness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Solitude; seclusion.

Lonesome [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Solitary; secluded from society.

2. How horrid will these lonesome seats appear!

Lonesome [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary.

2. Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to feel lonesome.

Lonesomeness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The state of being solitary; solitude.

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Numbers 35:30

Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

Deuteronomy 17:6

At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.

Deuteronomy 19:15

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Psalms 25:16

Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.

Psalms 68:6

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

Psalms 102:7

I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.

I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

Lamentations 1:1

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people how is she become as a widow she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary

How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.