Bible Encyclopedia: Beckoning

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Strong's Hebrew

5130. nuph -- to move to and fro, wave, sprinkle
... root; to quiver (ie Vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety
of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing ...
/hebrew/5130.htm - 6k

Library

John Chapter xiii. 21-26.
... and says to him." [1207] The expression is noteworthy, as indicating that something
was said not by any sound of words, but by merely beckoning with the head. ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate lxi john chapter xiii.htm

Shall we Go?
... seen now. Just ahead beyond the knife stands the Master, looking longingly,
beckoning earnestly, calling still. But that knife! It ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on following the christ/shall we go.htm

Happy Pilgrims
... so keeps a man young, strong, buoyant, and fits him for nobilities of action, as
that there shall be gleaming for ever before him in the beckoning distance a ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/happy pilgrims.htm

Acts xii. 1, 2
... But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared
unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxvi acts xii 1.htm

Acts XIII
... It is thus described by Luke: (16) "Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand,
said, Men of Israel, and ye who fear God, give audience." This gesture ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xiii.htm

The Ideal of To-Day
... suffering, inward harmony, true relation with fellow creatures, grateful sense of
the past, full fruition of the present, glad out-reach to a beckoning future. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/merriam/the chief end of man/ii the ideal of to-day.htm

A Prince's Bride
... "She needs a frieze cloak"". Costobarus broke in by beckoning his wife to one side,
where the servants could not hear him say compassionately,. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter i a princes bride.htm

The Exile.
... The old life shut to behind him for ever, like some enchanted door in
a hill-side, and an unexplored land lay beckoning before. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/iv the exile.htm

The Dark was Lifting as Vergilius Entered the Field of Mars. ...
... time. A little group, in gray paenula and veils, were watching from without
the crowd. He moved aside, beckoning to them. "Make ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 11 the dark was.htm

The Story of his Soul
... The interest of many great lives lies in their natural and fair development: the
growth of gift towards occasion, the beckoning of occasion when gift is ripe ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/lecture vii the story of.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beckon.

Thesaurus

Beckoning (4 Occurrences)
...Beckoning (4 Occurrences). ... Acts 12:17 But he, beckoning to them with his hand to
be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. ...
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Become (3516 Occurrences)

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Gesture
... We read of "beckoning with the hand" (Luke 5:7 John 13:24), preliminary to speaking
(Acts 12:17; Acts 13:16; Acts 19:33; Acts 21:40; Acts 26:1, he "stretched ...
/g/gesture.htm - 20k

Motioned (7 Occurrences)
... place. (WEY NIV). Acts 13:16 Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said,
"Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen. (See NIV). ...
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Motioning (3 Occurrences)
... Motioning (3 Occurrences). Acts 12:17 But he, beckoning to them with his hand to
be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. ...
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Pushing (26 Occurrences)
... the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would
have made a defence to the people. (DBY). Titus 1:7 For ...
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Beckoneth (1 Occurrence)

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Audience (17 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Acts 13:16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said,
Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. (KJV WBS). ...
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Silent (120 Occurrences)
... Acts 12:17 But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared
to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. ...
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Declare (346 Occurrences)
... Acts 12:17 But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared
to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. ...
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Bible Concordance

Beckoning (4 Occurrences)

Luke 1:22 and having come out, he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that a vision he had seen in the sanctuary, and he was beckoning to them, and did remain dumb.
(YLT)

Acts 12:17 But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to James, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another place.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Acts 13:16 Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Acts 19:33 But from among the crowd they put forward Alexander, the Jews pushing him forward. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defence to the people.
(DBY)

Subtopics

Beckoning

Related Terms

Become (3516 Occurrences)

Gesture

Motioned (7 Occurrences)

Motioning (3 Occurrences)

Pushing (26 Occurrences)

Beckoneth (1 Occurrence)

Audience (17 Occurrences)

Silent (120 Occurrences)

Declare (346 Occurrences)