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813. ataktos -- out of order, out of place
... of order, out of place. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: ataktos Phonetic
Spelling: (at'-ak-tos) Short Definition: disorderly, slack Definition: (lit ...
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328. anazonnumi -- to gird up
... 328 (from 303 , " to down" and 2224 , "gird, take out slack") -- properly, raise
up a tunic (= "tighten the belt"), "girding oneself"; (figuratively) getting ...
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1019. braduno -- to retard, to be slow
... hesitate, delay, tarry. From bradus; to delay -- be slack, tarry. see GREEK bradus.
(bradunei) -- 1 Occurrence. (braduno) -- 1 Occurrence. 1018, 1019. ...
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2223. zone -- a belt
... kept there, also: a purse. 2223 -- a belt (waistband), pulled tightly to
remove all the slack from a garment. 2223 ("a belt") was ...
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1618. ektenes -- stretched, fig. zealous, earnest
... also the root of English terms, "tension" and "tense") -- properly, stretch , ie
fully because completely taut; (figuratively) at , without slack because fully ...
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3576. nothros -- sluggish, slothful
... Transliteration: nothros Phonetic Spelling: (no-thros') Short Definition: dull,
sluggish Definition: blunt, dull, hence spiritually; sluggish, remiss, slack. ...
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1619. ektenos -- intently, fervently
... Cognate: 1619 (an adverb) -- properly, fully-stretched, ie describing the verbal
idea as , to its necessary (full) potential ("without slack"); , without undue ...
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2224. zonnumi -- to gird
... Cognate: 2224 () -- to gird, ie "to pull the belt" to remove slack so a
person could move quickly. See 2223 (). Word Origin a prim. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7504b. rapheh -- slack
... rapheh. 7505 . slack. Transliteration: rapheh Short Definition: exhausted. Word
Origin from raphah Definition slack NASB Word Usage exhausted* (2), weak (2). ...
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3462. yashen -- to sleep
... to be slack or languid, grow old. A primitive root; properly, to be slack
or languid, ie (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to ...
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7503. raphah -- sink, relax
... let it go (1), let me alone (1), let us alone (1), let go (1), limp (1), loosens
(1), lose courage* (1), lost (1), put off (1), relax (2), slack (2), subsided ...
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309. achar -- to remain behind, tarry
... continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late slack, stay there, tarry longer.
A primitive root; to loiter (ie Be behind); by implication ...
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2973. yaal -- to be foolish
... dote, be become, do foolishly. A primitive root; properly, to be slack, ie
(figuratively) to be foolish -- dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly). 2972, 2973. ...
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6113. atsar -- to restrain, retain
... assemble -- X be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail,
recover, refrain, X reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop ...
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7423b. remiyyah -- laxness, slackness
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition laxness, slackness NASB Word Usage idle
(1), lazy man (1), negligent (1), negligently (1), slack (1). ...
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7423. rmiyah -- deceit, treachery
... remissness, treachery From ramah; remissness, treachery -- deceit(- ful, -fully),
false, guile, idle, slack, slothful. see HEBREW ramah. 7422, 7423. ...
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7504. rapheh -- an Israelite in the line of Saul
... weak From raphah; slack (in body or mind) -- weak. Raphah, Raphah. See rapha', Rapha'.
Riphah. See riyphah. see HEBREW raphah. see HEBREW rapha'. ...
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5203. natash -- to leave, forsake, permit
... 7), abandoned (5), allow (1), cast away (1), ceased (1), drawn (1), fall (1), forego
(1), forsake (3), forsaken (2), forsook (1), hangs slack (1), leave (2 ...
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Library

Wesley and his Horses
... I scarcely ever remember any horse (except, two, that would fall head over heels
anyway) to fall or make a considerable stumble while I rode with a slack rein. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesley and his horses.htm

Answer on the Different Reasons for Prayer Being Heard.
... [1639] Wherefore we also ought not to grow slack in the earnestness of the prayers
we have begun, if we fancy that the answer comes but slowly, for fear lest ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxxiv answer on the.htm

A Sermon for the Time Present
... CH SPURGEON,. At [1]the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. "In that day it shall
be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 33 1887/a sermon for the time.htm

Letter of Martin Luther to Pope Leo X.
... I have indeed inveighed sharply against impious doctrines, and I have not been slack
to censure my adversaries on account, not of their bad morals, but of ...
/.../luther/concerning christian liberty/letter of martin luther to.htm

Gratitude for Deliverance from the Grave
... Faith takes a bright and cheerful view of matters, and speaks very confidently,
"I shall not die, but live." When we are slack as to our trust in God, and give ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/gratitude for deliverance from the.htm

Bear up the Hands that Hang Down, by Faith and Prayer...
... Can there be a lazy saint? Can there be a prayerless saint? Does not slack praying
cut short sainthood's crown and kingdom? Can there be a cowardly soldier? ...
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The Abiding of the Spirit the Glory of the Church
... Being discouraged by the humiliating contrast, they began to be slack; and as they
were quite willing to accept any excuse, and here was an excuse ready made ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 32 1886/the abiding of the spirit.htm

The Road to Rome
... He saw the mountain torrents leap and flash, and grow always bigger and stronger.
He saw them slack their speed and widen their beds in the upland valleys. ...
/.../chapter xii the road to.htm

The Adventures of Saint George of England.
... "Go away, go away, oh, hard-hearted knight, Go away to glory and fame; If you ever
come back You'll not find me slack To change my state and name!". ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter three the adventures of.htm

Dedicatory
... I have indeed inveighed sharply against impious doctrines, and I have not been slack
to censure my adversaries on account, not of their bad morals, but of ...
/.../luther/first principles of the reformation/dedicatory.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.

2. (n.) A valley, or small, shallow dell.

3. (superl.) Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.

4. (superl.) Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.

5. (superl.) Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.

6. (superl.) Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.

7. (adv.) Slackly; as, slack dried hops.

8. (n.) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.

9. (a.) Alt. of Slacken

10. (v. t.) Alt. of Slacken

Thesaurus
Slack (19 Occurrences)
... 3. (superl.) Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack
rope. 4. (superl.) Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand. ...
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Slacken (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm,
or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather. ...
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Slackness (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The quality or state of being slack.
Multi-Version Concordance Slackness (3 Occurrences). 2 Peter ...
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You-ward (9 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness;
but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but ...
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Us-ward (4 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but ...
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Long-suffering (23 Occurrences)
... 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness;
but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but ...
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Lax (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack;
as, a lax bandage; a lax standard of discipline; lax fiber. ...
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Gather (251 Occurrences)
... 8. (vt) To haul in; to take up; as, to gather the slack of a rope. 9. (vi) To come
together; to collect; to unite; to become assembled; to congregate. 10. ...
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Interests (8 Occurrences)
... sins. (BBE). Ezra 4:22 Take heed that you not be slack herein: why should
damage grow to the hurt of the kings? (See NIV). Psalms ...
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Fail (130 Occurrences)
... 49:8), the English Revised Version "must be let alone for ever"; "failing" for
"was darkened" (Luke 23:45); for "fail" (Ezra 4:22), "be slack," "be missing ...
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Bible Concordance
Slack (19 Occurrences)

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Deuteronomy 7:10 and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him who hates him, he will repay him to his face.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Deuteronomy 23:21 When you shall vow a vow to Yahweh your God, you shall not be slack to pay it: for Yahweh your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV RSV)

Joshua 10:6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Joshua 18:3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

2 Kings 4:24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

2 Chronicles 15:7 But you be strong, and don't let your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Ezra 4:22 Take heed that you not be slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Proverbs 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 18:9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 24:10 If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.
(See NAS)

Isaiah 13:7 Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:
(See JPS)

Isaiah 33:23 Your cords have become loose; they were not able to make strong the support of their sails, the sail was not stretched out: then the blind will take much property, the feeble-footed will make division of the goods of war.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 48:10 Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
(See JPS RSV)

Ezekiel 7:17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.
(See JPS)

Ezekiel 21:7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
(See JPS)

Daniel 5:6 Then the king's face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against another.
(See NAS)

Zephaniah 3:16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Slack

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Slackness (3 Occurrences)

You-ward (9 Occurrences)

Us-ward (4 Occurrences)

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Lax (1 Occurrence)

Gather (251 Occurrences)

Interests (8 Occurrences)

Fail (130 Occurrences)

Tight (9 Occurrences)

Threat (7 Occurrences)

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Requite (42 Occurrences)

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Dealeth (22 Occurrences)

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Detriment (1 Occurrence)

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Check (9 Occurrences)

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Slabs (1 Occurrence)

Slacked (2 Occurrences)

Swifter (6 Occurrences)

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Require (46 Occurrences)

Slow (43 Occurrences)

Demand (34 Occurrences)

Longsuffering (17 Occurrences)

Worketh (49 Occurrences)

Repay (79 Occurrences)

Herein (12 Occurrences)

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Hateth (38 Occurrences)

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Faces (158 Occurrences)

Lose (59 Occurrences)

Becometh (82 Occurrences)

Vow (49 Occurrences)

Damage (57 Occurrences)

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