Offset
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

2. (n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc.

3. (n.) A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent; hence, anything which is given in exchange or retaliation; a set-off.

4. (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains.

5. (n.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it; -- called also set-off.

6. (n.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object.

7. (n.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.

8. (n.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor.

9. (imp. & p. p.) of Offset

10. (v. t.) To set off; to place over against; to balance; as, to offset one account or charge against another.

11. (v. t.) To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc.

12. (v. i.) To make an offset.

Strong's Hebrew
862. attuwq -- a gallery, porch
... gallery Or mattiyq {at-teek'}; from nathaq in the sense of decreasing; a ledge or
offset in a building -- gallery. see HEBREW nathaq. 861, 862. attuwq. 862a ...
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4052. migraah -- a recess, ledge
... Word Origin from gara Definition a recess, ledge NASB Word Usage offsets (1). narrowed
rest. From gara'; a ledge or offset -- narrowed rest. see HEBREW gara'. ...
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Library

The Opinions of Carpocrates, Another Offset from the Pythagorean ...
... Chapter XXXV."The Opinions of Carpocrates, Another Offset from the
Pythagorean Dogmas, Stated and Confuted. However, it is not ...
/.../tertullian/a treatise on the soul/chapter xxxv the opinions of carpocrates.htm

The Oldest Family.
... But there is a "but." There's another aide, an offset to what he's been saying,
a bright bit to offset the black bit. But as many as did receive Him. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/the oldest family.htm

A Treatise on the Soul
... Condemned. Chapter XXXV.--The Opinions of Carpocrates, Another Offset
from the Pythagorean Dogmas, Stated and Confuted. Chapter ...
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Faith the Sole Saving Act.
... is directed to the subject of his soul's salvation, his first spontaneous thought
is, that he must of himself render something to God, as an offset for his sins ...
/.../shedd/sermons to the natural man/faith the sole saving act.htm

My Call to the Ministry
... I made excuses; but again he gave Scripture to offset every excuse"and all
so comforting and strengthening"that I submitted to his will. ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter vii my call to.htm

Proofs in Continuation, Extracted from St. John's Gospel the ...
... to remove that error which by Cerinthus had been disseminated among men, and a long
time previously by those termed Nicolaitans, who are an offset of that ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xiproofs in continuation extracted.htm

Parable of the Pharisee and Publican.
... a sinner. [He makes full confession of his sin without excuse or justification,
and without offset of righteousness. Moreover, he ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xcvii parable of the pharisee.htm

The Heirs of Heaven and Earth.
... are the good news Jesus brings us from certain prevalent representations of the
gospel, founded on the pagan notion that suffering is an offset for sin, and ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/hope of the gospel/the heirs of heaven and.htm

Climbing Towards the Climax.
... to the nation, with the tremendous enthusiasm of the multitudes, and the hardening
of the official purpose to do the one thing that will offset this wild-fire ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/climbing towards the climax.htm

Sex Education for Boys and the Sunday School
... the moral peril increases. To offset this increasing social danger sex
instruction is an insistent necessity. Boys and girls must ...
/.../alexander/the boy and the sunday school/xv sex education for boys.htm

Thesaurus
Offset (3 Occurrences)
... 9. (imp. & pp) of Offset. 10. (vt) To set off; to place over against; to balance;
as, to offset one account or charge against another. 11. ...
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Table (125 Occurrences)
... 14. (n.) A stringcourse which includes an offset; esp., a band of stone, or the
like, set where an offset is required, so as to make it decorative. ...
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Off-scouring (1 Occurrence)
Off-scouring. Offscouring, Off-scouring. Offset . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(WEB ASV). Offscouring, Off-scouring. Offset . Reference Bible.
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Offsets (2 Occurrences)

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Redeem (56 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or
offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error. ...
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Countervail (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To offset; to act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart
or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to ...
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Government (20 Occurrences)
... Corinthians 8:1 Philippians 2:25). Acts 14:23 and Titus 1:5 seem, at first,
to offset the passages just given. In one of these, Paul and ...
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Baptist (16 Occurrences)
... and past sins; as he emerges thence, he rises regenerate, quickened to new hopes
and new life." There is nothing in the New Testament to offset this obvious ...
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Interpretation (45 Occurrences)
... and past sins; as he emerges thence, he rises regenerate, quickened to new hopes
and new life." There is nothing in the New Testament to offset this obvious ...
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Resources
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Concordance
Offset (3 Occurrences)

1 Kings 6:6
The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.
(Root in WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 41:7
The side chambers were broader as they encompassed the house higher and higher; for the encompassing of the house went higher and higher around the house: therefore the breadth of the house continued upward; and so one went up from
(See RSV)

Hosea 12:8
Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."
(See RSV)

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