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Greek

1365. distazo -- twenty thousand
... 1365 (from 1364 , "two, double" and 4714 , "stance, standing") -- properly, going
two ways, shifting between positions; choosing "a double-stance" and hence ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1365.htm - 6k

5157. trope -- a turning
... turning, change, mutation. Word Origin from trepo (to turn) Definition
a turning NASB Word Usage shifting (1). turning. From an ...
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Library

The Discourse of the Old Man on the State of the Soul and Its ...
... And so the nous, ie, the mind, is defined as aeikinetos kai polukinetos, ie, ever
shifting and very shifting: as it is thus described in the so called wisdom ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter iv the discourse of.htm

Book I.
... been said by me, Thou the only God, do Thou come to my help, the one true and eternal
substance, where is no discord, no confusion, no shifting, no indigence ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/two books of soliloquies/book i.htm

Reclaiming a Church to Meet a New Age
... The population, as in many another American city, was shifting from the downtown
district, and many believed that the parish had seen its best days. ...
/.../herrick/frank h nelson of cincinnati/reclaiming a church to meet.htm

Sixth Tractate. The Impassivity of the Unembodied.
... and yet likings and dislikings, the Soul enjoying, grieving, angry, grudging, envying,
desiring, never at peace but stirring and shifting with everything that ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/sixth tractate the impassivity of.htm

The Procession of Amen
... He forgot the mission that urged him to the temple and, permitting the shifting,
restless crowd to surround him, he lingered, thinking. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter iv the procession of.htm

An Apostolic Testimony and Exhortation
... If you talk so to a man who has his foot upon shifting sands or slippery clay; the
more he tries the deeper will he sink into the one, or slide the further ...
/.../an apostolic testimony and exhortation.htm

"Give Ye them to Eat"
... responsibility. He is in danger of shifting his burden upon organizations, instead
of relying upon Him who is the source of all strength. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 39 give ye them.htm

Introduction
... Oriental history. Its occupation by Babylonians or Egyptians marks the shifting
of the balance of power between Asia and Africa. The ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/introduction.htm

To the Saddest of the Sad
... Unless, indeed, like chameleons, they have a natural aptitude to change colour,
they must have a worrying time of it, and a horrible amount of shifting to get ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 34 1888/to the saddest of the.htm

Down the Islands
... For hundreds of miles, day after day, the steamer carried us past a shifting diorama
of scenery, which may be likened to Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter ii down the islands.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shift.

2. (a.) Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as, shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles.

3. (a.) Adapted or used for shifting anything.

Thesaurus

Shifting (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Changing in place, position, or direction; varying; variable; fickle; as,
shifting winds; shifting opinions or principles. ...Shifting (3 Occurrences). ...
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Unscrupulous (2 Occurrences)
... the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's
cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to ...
/u/unscrupulous.htm - 7k

Goats'
... Samuel 19:13, 16). Goats' hair cloth is admirab1y suited to stand the hard
usage of a frequently shifting encampment. The children of ...
/g/goats'.htm - 7k

Waves (43 Occurrences)
... the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's
cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to ...
/w/waves.htm - 18k

Firmly (47 Occurrences)
... Colossians 1:23 if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation,
without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you ...
/f/firmly.htm - 19k

Resemble (15 Occurrences)
... the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's
cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to ...
/r/resemble.htm - 11k

Rests (25 Occurrences)
... Colossians 1:23 if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation,
without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you ...
/r/rests.htm - 13k

Established (200 Occurrences)
... Colossians 1:23 if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation,
without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you ...
/e/established.htm - 37k

Device (17 Occurrences)
... the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's
cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to ...
/d/device.htm - 14k

Mariners (7 Occurrences)
... the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's
cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to ...
/m/mariners.htm - 8k

Bible Concordance

Shifting (3 Occurrences)

Ephesians 4:14 So we shall no longer be babes nor shall we resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use of every shifting device to mislead.
(WEY)

Colossians 1:23 if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.
(WEY RSV)

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
(See NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Shifting

Related Terms

Unscrupulous (2 Occurrences)

Goats'

Waves (43 Occurrences)

Firmly (47 Occurrences)

Resemble (15 Occurrences)

Rests (25 Occurrences)

Established (200 Occurrences)

Device (17 Occurrences)

Mariners (7 Occurrences)