Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Of low birth, character or purpose; plebeian; common; humble. 2. (a.) Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. 3. (a.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk. 4. (v. t.) To make ignoble.

Multi-Version Concordance Ignoble (4 Occurrences) 1 Corinthians 1:28 and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, and things that are not, that he may annul the things that are; (DBY) 2 Timothy 2:20 Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor. (See RSV NIV) 2 Timothy 2:21 If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work. (See RSV) Job 30:8 They are children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land. (See JPS)