Contrite
CONTRITE
This word signifies beaten or bruised, as with hard blows, or an heaver burden; and so in Scripture language imports one whose heart is broken and wounded for sin, on opposition to the heart of stone, Is. 66: 2. Psa 51:17. Psa 57: 15. The evidences of a broken and contrite spirit are,
1. Deep conviction of the evil of sin.
2. Humiliation under a sense of it, Job 42:5; Job 6:1-30 :
3. Pungent sorrow for it, Zec 12:10.
4. Ingenuous confession of it, 1Jn 1:9.
5. Prayer for deliverance from it, Psa 51:10. Luk 18:13.
6. Susceptibility of good impressions, Eze 11:19.
Fuente: Theological Dictionary
Contrite
literally signifies beaten or bruised, as with hard blows, or a heavy burden; and so, in Scripture language, imports one whose heart is broken and wounded for sin, in opposition to the heart of stone (Isa 66:2; Psa 51:17). The evidences of a broken and contrite spirit are:
(1) Deep conviction of the evil of sin; (2) humiliation under a sense of it (Job 43:5, 6); (3) pungent sorrow for it (Zec 12:10); (4) ingenuous confession of it (1Jn 1:9); (5) prayer for deliverance from it (Psa 51:10; Luk 18:13); (6) susceptibility of good impressions (Eze 11:19).