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Greek

4963. sustrophe -- a twisting together, hence a concourse or ...
... a twisting together, hence a concourse or conspiracy. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: sustrophe Phonetic Spelling: (soos-trof-ay') Short ...
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4120. pleko -- to plait
... Word Origin a prim. verb Definition to plait NASB Word Usage twisted (1), twisting
(2). braid, weave, plait. A primary word; to twine or braid -- plait. ...
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4761. strebloo -- to twist
... pervert) " (). See 4762 (). M. Vincent, "4761 ('to wrest, twist') is applied
to (twisting) Scripture" (used only in 2 Pet 3:16). [The ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3943. laphath -- to twist, turn, grasp with a twisting motion
... 3942, 3943. laphath. 3944 . to twist, turn, grasp with a twisting motion.
Transliteration: laphath Phonetic Spelling: (law-fath') Short Definition: forward ...
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1383. gabluth -- a twisting
... 1382, 1383. gabluth. 1384 . a twisting. Transliteration: gabluth Phonetic
Spelling: (gab-looth') Short Definition: twisted. Word ...
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6960. qavah -- to wait for
... A primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), ie Collect; (figuratively)
to expect -- gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon ...
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8326. shorer -- navel
... navel From sharar in the sense of twisting (compare shor); the umbilical cord, ie
(by extension) a bodice -- navel. see HEBREW sharar. see HEBREW shor. ...
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1434. gedil -- twisted threads
... fringe, wreath. From gadal (in the sense of twisting); thread, ie A tassel or festoon --
fringe, wreath. see HEBREW gadal. 1433, 1434. gedil. 1435 . ...
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2908. tevath -- hungrily
... fasting. (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to tavah; hunger (as twisting) -- fasting.
see HEBREW tavah. 2907, 2908. tevath. 2909 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

The Condemnation which Condemns the Judges
... The single specimen of the worthless evidence given may be either a piece of
misunderstanding or of malicious twisting of innocent words; nor can we decide ...
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An Essay on the Scriptural Doctrine of Immortality.
... with reference to its form and movements, which convey the abstract idea of subtlety
on the same principle that the words "tortuous" and "twisting" have an ...
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The First Discovery of America
... by name, and was much vexed thereat, for he had been brought up on the old man's
knee, and hurrying off to find him met Tyrker coming back twisting his eyes ...
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The First Discovery of America.
... by name, and was much vexed thereat, for he had been brought up on the old man's
knee, and hurrying off to find him met Tyrker coming back twisting his eyes ...
/.../lectures delivered in america in 1874/lecture iii the first discovery.htm

Introductory Notice to Novatian, a Roman Presbyter
... means," he says, "should we tolerate that injustice of the Jesuit Petau towards
the ancient writers, against their manifest mind and purpose; twisting, as he ...
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Among the People, and with the Pharisees
... The very salutation of a king, it was said, must remain unreturned; nay, the
twisting of a serpent around one's heel must remain unheeded. ...
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Lix. The Preacher and his Hearers.
... preacher. Then again he must not "use the Word of God deceitfully," twisting
it to enforce what is not God's truth, but his own fancy. ...
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A Bit Ahead
... found. It was by the tedious, twisting path of doubt that I climbed the
hill of truth up to some of its summits of certainty. I ...
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Sinners Bound with the Cords of Sin
... filthiness, while he follows after evil devices, while with head, and hand, and
heart he pursues eagerly after mischief, he is still twisting evermore the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 16 1870/sinners bound with the cords.htm

Knots.
... It's taken a good bit of careful work to get that thread, tearing loose, cleansing,
spinning, twisting, careful handling, till at last a good thread is gotten ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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

2. (a. & n.) from Twist.

Thesaurus

Twisting (13 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Twisting (13 Occurrences). ... Mark 15:17 And they put a purple
robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him; (BBE NAS). ...
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Twist (5 Occurrences)
... helix. 11. (n.) The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution;
a bending. 12. (n.) The form given in twisting. 13. (n ...
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Wrest (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To turn; to twist; to pull away by force,
or as if by, violent wringing or twisting. 2. (vt) To ...
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Wring (4 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out);
hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or ...
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Whirl (5 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A revolving hook used in twisting, as the hooked spindle of a rope machine,
to which the threads to be twisted are attached. 8. (n.) A whorl. ...
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Distortion (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting
or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body. ...
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Spin (4 Occurrences)
... twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or
flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous ...
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Pain (172 Occurrences)
... grieving or sickness, as in 1 Kings 14:1 Proverbs 23:35 Songs 2:5 Jeremiah 5:3.
The reduplicated form chalchalah is especially used of a twisting pain usually ...
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Twists (12 Occurrences)

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Quick-footed (7 Occurrences)
... Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you
are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out; (BBE). ...
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Bible Concordance

Twisting (13 Occurrences)

Matthew 27:29 They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
(See NAS)

Mark 15:17 And they put a purple robe on him, and twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on him;
(BBE NAS)

John 19:2 And the soldiers, twisting twigs of thorn into a wreath, put it on His head, and threw round Him a crimson cloak.
(WEY)

Ephesians 4:14 So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;
(BBE)

Leviticus 5:8 And let him take them to the priest, who will first give the sin-offering, twisting off its head from its neck, but not cutting it in two;
(BBE)

Judges 6:38 And it was so: for he got up early on the morning after, and twisting the wool in his hands, he got a basin full of water from the dew on the wool.
(BBE)

1 Kings 6:8 The door to the lowest side rooms was in the right side of the house; and they went up by twisting steps into the middle rooms, and from the middle into the third.
(BBE)

Job 28:4 He makes a deep mine far away from those living in the light of day; when they go about on the earth, they have no knowledge of those who are under them, who are hanging far from men, twisting from side to side on a cord.
(BBE)

Proverbs 30:33 The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.
(BBE NIV)

Isaiah 22:18 Twisting you round and round like a ball he will send you out into a wide country: there you will come to your end, and there will be the carriages of your pride, O shame of your lord's house!
(BBE)

Jeremiah 2:23 How are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out;
(BBE)

Ezekiel 30:16 And I will put a fire in Egypt; Syene will be twisting in pain, and No will be broken into, as by the onrush of waters.
(BBE)

Micah 3:9 Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Twisting

Related Terms

Twist (5 Occurrences)

Wrest (8 Occurrences)

Wring (4 Occurrences)

Whirl (5 Occurrences)

Distortion (1 Occurrence)

Spin (4 Occurrences)

Pain (172 Occurrences)

Twists (12 Occurrences)

Quick-footed (7 Occurrences)