Bible Encyclopedia: Grope

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Greek

5584. pselaphao -- to feel or grope about
... to feel or grope about. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pselaphao Phonetic
Spelling: (psay-laf-ah'-o) Short Definition: I feel, touch, handle, grope for ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4959. mashash -- to feel, grope
... 4958, 4959. mashash. 4960 . to feel, grope. Transliteration: mashash Phonetic
Spelling: (maw-shash') Short Definition: grope. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1659. gashash -- to feel with the hand, feel, stroke
... gashash. 1660 . to feel with the hand, feel, stroke. Transliteration: gashash
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-shash') Short Definition: grope. Word Origin a prim. ... grope ...
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Library

Seeking Jesus
... We all know what it is to put out an empty hand into the darkness and the void,
and to grope for a touch which we know, whilst we grope, that we shall not find ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/seeking jesus.htm

There is a Presumption in Favor of the Bible
... reasonable to suppose He will do so? Surely God will not mock our ignorance
and leave us to grope in the dark! If it is harder to believe ...
/.../pink/the divine inspiration of the bible/chapter one there is a.htm

Letter xi. --For 339. Coss. Constantius Augustus ii, Constans I ...
... They shall grope for the wall like the blind, and as those who have no eyes shall
they grope; they shall fall at noon-day as at midnight; when dead, they shall ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/letter xi for 339 coss constantius.htm

section ii.
... Essence and Operation. This is the cause I grope after in the works of
Nature; on this hangs the Providence of God. To raise so ...
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Mysterious visits.
... He brought me down from the high horse, and caused me to fall to the ground; by
the brightness of the light of His Spirit He made me grope in conscious ...
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Jabez
... with adverse circumstances and overcome them, when he has made his mark in the world
by sheer force of work and character, no one cares to grope through musty ...
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Saint George Kills the Enchanter Osmond.
... he and his Squire advanced into the enchanted district the light of day decreased;
darker and darker it grew, till they could with difficulty grope their way ...
/.../the seven champions of christendom/chapter thirteen saint george kills.htm

The Lord's Prayer. Our Father who Art in Heaven.
... Let no one think that it is all the same whether he pray or not, as vulgar people
do, who grope in such delusion and ask Why should I pray? ...
/.../luther/the large catechism/the lords prayer our father.htm

The Father Seen in Christ.
... Why should we live so remote from the centre of things, and have to grope our way
to life and light, clouded by doubts, beset by misleading and disturbing ...
/.../dods/the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol ii/x the father seen in.htm

Fear Not
... There are certain nights of exceeding great darkness, through which the spirit has
to grope in much pain and misery, and during which much of the comfort of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/fear not.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

2. (v. i.) To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.

3. (v. t.) To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.

4. (v. t.) To examine; to test; to sound.

Thesaurus

Grope (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Grope (5 Occurrences). Acts 17:27 that they might
seek God, if perhaps they could grope for Him and find Him. ...
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Noonday (13 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:29 and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness,
and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and ...
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Noon (30 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:29 and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness,
and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and ...
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Midday (11 Occurrences)
... law. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV). Job 5:14 They meet with darkness in
a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night. (DBY). ...
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Noon-day (8 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 28:29 And thou shalt grope at noon-day, as the blind gropeth in darkness,
and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed ...
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Lusty (3 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those who have
no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty ...
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Flourishing (11 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no
eyes: we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are ...
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Twilight (25 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those who have
no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty ...
/t/twilight.htm - 15k

Amongst (47 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no
eyes: we stumble at midday as in the twilight; amongst the flourishing we are ...
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Stumble (89 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those who have
no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty ...
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Bible Concordance

Grope (5 Occurrences)

Acts 17:27 that they might seek God, if perhaps they could grope for Him and find Him. Yes, though He is not far from any one of us.
(WEY NAS)

Deuteronomy 28:29 and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 5:14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 12:25 They grope in the dark without light. He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 59:10 We grope for the wall like the blind; yes, we grope as those who have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty we are as dead men.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Grope

Related Terms

Noonday (13 Occurrences)

Noon (30 Occurrences)

Midday (11 Occurrences)

Noon-day (8 Occurrences)

Lusty (3 Occurrences)

Flourishing (11 Occurrences)

Twilight (25 Occurrences)

Amongst (47 Occurrences)

Stumble (89 Occurrences)