Bible Encyclopedia: Hoisting

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Greek

1869. epairo -- to lift up
... Word Origin from epi and airo Definition to lift up NASB Word Usage exalts (1),
hoisting (1), lift (3), lifted (4), lifting (4), raised (5), turning (1). ...
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Library

Choosing the Tens
... Sunrise on the uncompleted city tipped the raw lines of her half-built walls with
broken fire and gilded the gear of gigantic hoisting cranes. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter i choosing the tens.htm

The Groups Round the Cross
... Though many more soldiers were probably present on this occasion, the actual details
of fixing the beam, handling the hammer and nails, hoisting the apparatus ...
/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter xiii the groups round.htm

Eighth Tractate. Nature Contemplation and the One.
... depend upon mechanical operation. What driving or hoisting goes to produce
all that variety of colour and pattern? The wax-workers ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/eighth tractate nature contemplation and.htm

Wind and Spirit
... I. Here you have the freedom of the new life. 'The wind bloweth where it listeth.'
Of course, in these days of weather forecasts and hoisting cones, we know ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/wind and spirit.htm

To the Rev. A. Brandram
... and he and the whole crew made the greatest exertions to repair the engine, and
when they found their labour in vain, endeavoured by hoisting the sails and by ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev a brandram 16.htm

Paul's Shipwreck
... At the same time unloosing the ropes which tied the rudders and hoisting the foresail
to the wind, they made for the beach; but coming to a place where two ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/pauls shipwreck.htm

Seal and Earnest
... us, we are led to love the things that are fair, and to long after more possession
of whatever things are of good report, that is like God's hoisting His flag ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/seal and earnest.htm

Christ's Cross, and Ours
... power of the ecclesiastics in Jerusalem. He blames Christ for not hoisting
the flag of a revolt. This blind love was the nearest ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/christs cross and ours.htm

The Fixed Heart
... A man climbing a hill, though he has to look to his feet when in the slippery places,
and all his energies are expended in hoisting himself upwards by every ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/the fixed heart.htm

Sodom, Capernaum, Manchester
... And now let me say, in one word,"hoisting the danger-signal is the work of kindness,
and Jesus Christ was never more loving than when from His lips there ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/sodom capernaum manchester.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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

Thesaurus

Hoisting (2 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Hoist. Multi-Version Concordance Hoisting (2 Occurrences). ...Hoisting
up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach. (WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV). ...
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Sling (11 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel,
bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering. ...
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Unloosing (1 Occurrence)
... the same time the bands which secured the paddle-rudders. Then, hoisting
the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach. (WEY). ...
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Untying (5 Occurrences)
... them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up
the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach. (WEB). ...
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Jeer (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A gear; a tackle. 2. (n.) An assemblage or
combination of tackles, for hoisting or lowering the lower yards of a ship. ...
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Lodge (64 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons
to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also platt. ...
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Loosing (7 Occurrences)
... which secured the paddle-rudders. Then, hoisting the foresail to the wind,
they made for the beach. (Root in WEY ASV). 1 Kings 20:11 ...
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Lashings (1 Occurrence)
... Acts 27:40 and, having cast off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same
time loosening the lashings of the rudders, and hoisting the foresail to ...
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Log (12 Occurrences)
... given time. 6. (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope
to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave. 7. (vt ...
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Lift (283 Occurrences)
... 13. (n.) That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is lifted. 14. (n.) A
hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter. 15. (n.) A handle. 16. ...
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Bible Concordance

Hoisting (2 Occurrences)

Acts 27:17 and, after hoisting it on board, they used frapping-cables to undergird the ship, and, as they were afraid of being driven on the Syrtis quicksands, they lowered the gear and lay to.
(WEY RSV)

Acts 27:40 Casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time untying the rudder ropes. Hoisting up the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Hoisting

Related Terms

Sling (11 Occurrences)

Unloosing (1 Occurrence)

Untying (5 Occurrences)

Jeer (2 Occurrences)

Lodge (64 Occurrences)

Loosing (7 Occurrences)

Lashings (1 Occurrence)

Log (12 Occurrences)

Lift (283 Occurrences)