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Trying (68 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Try. 2. (a.) Adapted to try, or put to severe trial; severe;
afflictive; as, a trying occasion or position. ...Trying (68 Occurrences). ...
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Short (128 Occurrences)
... The Twelve were with Him, (Root in WEY BBE). Luke 19:3 He was trying to see who
Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd, because he was short. ...
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Almost (27 Occurrences)
... Some scholars are of the opinion that the thought is: "You are trying to persuade
me so as to make me a Christian." This is, indeed, the Spanish version; but ...
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Trial (45 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of trying or testing in any manner.
2. (n.) Any effort or exertion of strength for the ...
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Try (84 Occurrences)
... 13. (n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain. 14. (n.) Act of trying; attempt;
experiment; trial. 15. (vt) Refined; select; excellent; choice. ...
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Zophar (4 Occurrences)
... to accuse Job directly of wickedness; averring indeed that his punishment is too
good for him (11:6); he rebukes Job's impious presumption in trying to find ...
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Zaccheus (4 Occurrences)
... rich. (WBS YLT NAS). Luke 19:3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and
couldn't because of the crowd, because he was short. (See NAS). ...
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Uproar (33 Occurrences)
... Acts 21:31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer
of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. (WEB KJV WBS NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/uproar.htm - 16k

Unable (102 Occurrences)
... him, (WEY). Luke 19:3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because
of the crowd, because he was short. (See NAS). Luke ...
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Officer (70 Occurrences)
... Acts 21:31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer
of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. (WEB). ...
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Jehu (63 Occurrences)
... arrow (9:24). The king of Judah, when trying to escape, was fatally wounded
by one of Jehu's soldiers at Beth-gan. On entering the ...
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Judge (297 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews shophet, pl. shophetim), properly a magistrate
or ruler, rather than one who judges in the sense of trying a cause. ...
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Lowered (14 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
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Lifeboat (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
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Learning (40 Occurrences)
... (WEY NAS). Acts 9:30 But they kept trying to take his life. On learning this, the
brethren brought him down to Caesarea, and then sent him by sea to Tarsus. ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/learning.htm - 18k

Lower (72 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
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Grounds (7 Occurrences)
... I will therefore chastise him and release him." (See NIV). John 8:6 and this
they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. ...
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Weather (5 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome;
to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm. ...
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Worketh (49 Occurrences)
... you that believe. (KJV ASV WBS). James 1:3 Knowing this, that the trying
of your faith worketh patience. (KJV ASV WBS). James 1:20 ...
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Whereof (94 Occurrences)
... John 8:6 And this they said, trying him, that they might have 'whereof' to accuse
him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground. (ASV). ...
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Intending (24 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
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Fisherman (1 Occurrence)
... The fishermen's exposure to all kinds of weather made them hardy and fearless. They
were accustomed to bear with patience many trying circumstances. ...
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Flee (187 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
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Ferment (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 21:31 But while they were trying to kill Paul, word was taken up to the Tribune
in command of the battalion, that all Jerusalem was in a ferment. (WEY). ...
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Ferret (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (n.) The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work,
and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles. Int. ...
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Fisher (1 Occurrence)
... The fishermen's exposure to all kinds of weather made them hardy and fearless. They
were accustomed to bear with patience many trying circumstances. ...
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Forbad (11 Occurrences)
... said. "And see, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and are trying
to make us responsible for that man's death!" (WEY). ...
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Throne (181 Occurrences)
... 18:18); Isaiah and Ezekiel had similar visions (Isaiah 6:1 Ezekiel 1:26); compare
also Daniel 7:9 and Revelation 4:2 (and often); in trying to depict the ...
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Tribune (18 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Acts 21:31 But while they were trying to kill Paul, word was taken up to
the Tribune in command of the battalion, that all Jerusalem was in a ferment. ...
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Tryphaena (1 Occurrence)

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Tried (96 Occurrences)
... (See RSV NIV). John 11:8 The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying
to stone you, and are you going there again?" (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tried.htm - 33k

Refining (8 Occurrences)
... Zechariah 13:9 And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining
of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/refining.htm - 12k

Redeemer (42 Occurrences)
... but also from the consequences of evil doing and from the spirit of evil itself
(Romans 8:2). 2. Redemption as Life in the Individual: In trying to discern the ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/redeemer.htm - 45k

Responsible (242 Occurrences)
... said. "And see, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and are trying
to make us responsible for that man's death!" (WEY BBE). ...
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Refines (1 Occurrence)
... Zechariah 13:9 And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining
of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/refines.htm - 6k

Rendering (10 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The coat of plaster thus laid on. 7. (n.) The process of trying out or
extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Regiment (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 21:31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer
of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. (WEB). ...
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Rousing (3 Occurrences)
... him. (WEY). Romans 11:14 trying whether I can succeed in rousing my own
countrymen to jealousy and thus save some of them. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rousing.htm - 7k

Ensnare (15 Occurrences)
... talk. (ASV DBY YLT). Matthew 22:18 Perceiving their wickedness, Jesus replied,
"Why are you hypocrites trying to ensnare me? (WEY). ...
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Destined (25 Occurrences)
... against. (See NIV). Romans 8:36 As it stands written in the Scripture,
"For Thy sake they are, all day long, trying to kill us. We ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/destined.htm - 14k

Moriah (2 Occurrences)
... God would show him. This land is mentioned only here, and there is little
to guide us in trying to identify it. A late writer (2 ...
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Mehetabeel
... (2) Grandfather of that Shemaiah who played a treacherous part against Nehemiah
at the suggestion of Tobiah and Sanballat, by trying to persuade Nehemiah to ...
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Mehetabel (3 Occurrences)
... (2) Grandfather of that Shemaiah who played a treacherous part against Nehemiah
at the suggestion of Tobiah and Sanballat, by trying to persuade Nehemiah to ...
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Phygellus (1 Occurrence)
... Peter asks the Christians not to give way under "the fiery trial" which is trying
them (1 Peter 4:12), and those whom he thus addresses were the members of the ...
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Perceiving (25 Occurrences)
... WEB ASV). Matthew 22:18 Perceiving their wickedness, Jesus replied, "Why
are you hypocrites trying to ensnare me? (WEY). Matthew 26 ...
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Phygelus (1 Occurrence)
... Peter asks the Christians not to give way under "the fiery trial" which is trying
them (1 Peter 4:12), and those whom he thus addresses were the members of the ...
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Pretending (4 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pretending.htm - 7k

Persuasion (2 Occurrences)
... Persuasion (2 Occurrences). Acts 26:28 Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little
persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?" (WEB ASV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/persuasion.htm - 9k

Burden (111 Occurrences)
... upon; to load. 9. (vt) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to
overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes. 10. (vt) To ...
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Battalion (6 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Acts 21:31 But while they were trying to kill Paul, word was taken up to
the Tribune in command of the battalion, that all Jerusalem was in a ferment. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/battalion.htm - 8k

Bithyn'ia (2 Occurrences)
... Bithyn'ia (2 Occurrences). Acts 16:7 having gone toward Mysia, they were trying
to go on toward Bithynia, and the Spirit did not suffer them, (See RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bithyn'ia.htm - 6k

Benjamin (167 Occurrences)
... The conduct of his brethren all through the trying experiences in Egypt places them
in a more attractive light than we should have expected; and it must have ...
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Creator (19 Occurrences)
... source of the trouble being, as is often imperfectly realized, that, in attempting
to view things as they were when time began, we are really trying to get out ...
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Cohort (7 Occurrences)
... Acts 21:31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer
of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. (See NAS RSV). ...
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Countrymen (60 Occurrences)
... salvation. (WEY). Romans 11:14 trying whether I can succeed in rousing my own
countrymen to jealousy and thus save some of them. (WEY NAS). ...
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Commander (111 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Acts 21:31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding
officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. (See NAS NIV). ...
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Commanding (79 Occurrences)
... Acts 21:31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer
of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. (WEB). ...
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Couldn't (6 Occurrences)
... things. (WEB). Luke 19:3 He was trying to see who Jesus was, and
couldn't because of the crowd, because he was short. (WEB). Luke ...
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Age-during (167 Occurrences)
... Luke 10:25 And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, 'Teacher,
what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?' (YLT). ...
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Accusing (13 Occurrences)
... ye have hoped; (YLT). John 8:6 and this they said, trying him, that they
might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down ...
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Agrippa (12 Occurrences)
... Acts 26:28 Agrippa said to Paul, "With a little persuasion are you trying to make
me a Christian?" (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/agrippa.htm - 11k

Anchors (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/anchors.htm - 7k

Ago (61 Occurrences)
... John 11:8 The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to
stone you, and are you going there again?" (See NIV). Acts ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ago.htm - 24k

Absalom (93 Occurrences)
... Hushai also joined Absalom, but only for the purpose of trying to counteract
the counsels of Ahithophel, and so to advantage David's cause. ...
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Sailors (9 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
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Succeed (47 Occurrences)
... righteousness. (See RSV). Romans 11:14 trying whether I can succeed in rousing
my own countrymen to jealousy and thus save some of them. (WEY). ...
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Sharp (115 Occurrences)
... 7. (superl.) Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful;
distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air. ...
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Searching (111 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Search. 2. (a.) Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying;
as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Stands (111 Occurrences)
... his sin. (WEY). Romans 8:36 As it stands written in the Scripture, "For
Thy sake they are, all day long, trying to kill us. We have ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/stands.htm - 34k

Strife (71 Occurrences)
... 17:7 and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the 'strife'
of the sons of Israel, and because of their 'trying' Jehovah, saying ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/strife.htm - 27k

Exclaimed (45 Occurrences)
... John 11:8 "Rabbi," exclaimed the disciples, "the Jews have just been trying to
stone you, and do you think of going back there again?" (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/exclaimed.htm - 19k

Redemption (46 Occurrences)
... but also from the consequences of evil doing and from the spirit of evil itself
(Romans 8:2). 2. Redemption as Life in the Individual: In trying to discern the ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/redemption.htm - 48k

Silver (329 Occurrences)
... as stones in Jerusalem (1 Kings 10:27) typified great abundance (compare Job 3:15;
Job 22:25; Job 27:16; also Isaiah 60:17 Zechariah 9:3). The trying of men's ...
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Reached (152 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Acts 21:31 As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding
officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/reached.htm - 35k

Bow (248 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 As the sailors were trying to flee out of the ship, and had lowered the
boat into the sea, pretending that they would lay out anchors from the bow ...
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Astrology
... It signifies a "divider" and refers to the practice which men have followed in an
infinite variety of ways for trying to get light upon the future by resorting ...
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Macedonia (23 Occurrences)
... 229-220 BC), formed an alliance with Hannibal, who had defeated the Roman forces
at Lake Trasimene (217) and at Cannae (216), and set about trying to recover ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/macedonia.htm - 40k

Land (19790 Occurrences)
... God would show him. This land is mentioned only here, and there is little
to guide us in trying to identify it. A late writer (2 ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/land.htm - 21k

Feet (2931 Occurrences)
... service. But Jesus was trying all the time to teach His disciples that
true greatness in His kingdom is humility and service. "I ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/feet.htm - 17k

Scripture (51 Occurrences)
... RSV NIV). Romans 8:36 As it stands written in the Scripture, "For Thy sake
they are, all day long, trying to kill us. We have been ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/scripture.htm - 25k




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