Bible Dictionary: Cope

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A covering for the head.

2. (n.) Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door.

3. (n.) An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions.

4. (n.) An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.

5. (n.) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.

6. (v. i.) To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.

7. (v. t.) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).

8. (v. i.) To exchange or barter.

9. (v. i.) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

10. (v. i.) To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with.

11. (v. t.) To bargain for; to buy.

12. (v. t.) To make return for; to requite; to repay.

13. (v. t.) To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

Greek

5467. chalepos -- hard (to do or bear)
... 5467 (an adjective, derived from , "to oppress, annoy," J. Thayer) -- properly,
irksomely hard to bear (); difficult to cope with because so harsh (even ...
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436. anthistemi -- to set against, ie withstand
... Word Origin from anti and histemi Definition to set against, ie withstand NASB Word
Usage cope (1), oppose (1), has opposed (1), opposed (4), opposing (1 ...
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Library

By this You May See who are the Rude and Barbarous Indians: for ...
... THE THIRD CENTURY 12 By this you may see who are the rude and barbarous Indians:
For verily there is no savage nation under the cope of Heaven. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/traherne/centuries of meditations/12 by this you may.htm

A Manifestation of God in Answer to Prayer
... The church cannot cope with the menacing threat of worldliness except the company
of believers pray for power to meet the insidious threat. ...
/.../anderson/prayer availeth much/chapter 7 a manifestation of.htm

Devout Customs and Usages
... "The Cope is a large semicircular cloak of silk or other stuff, fastened in front
by a clasp called a 'morse.' It is generally richly embroidered. ...
/.../regester/the worship of the church/devout customs and usages.htm

The Mendicant Orders
... laws against heresy, but chiefly because in the new Mendicant Orders there were
now to be found men of sufficient knowledge and training to cope with the ...
/.../medley/the church and the empire/chapter xiii the mendicant orders.htm

Certain Heavenly Secrets, visions, and Revelations. The Effects of ...
... 15. At another time I saw our Lady putting a cope of exceeding whiteness on that
Licentiate of the same Order, of whom I have made mention more than once. ...
/.../the life of st teresa of jesus/chapter xxxviii certain heavenly secrets.htm

The Rash Builder
... He exhibits the difficulties in order that they may feel they cannot cope with them.
What then? That they may 'forsake' all their own power to cope with them. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/the rash builder.htm

Thoughts on a Revelation.
... It may be observed, too, that, as it requires special knowledge on the part of a
writer to cope with special difficulties; so also does it demand acquirements ...
/.../jerram/thoughts on a revelation/thoughts on a revelation.htm

The Apostolic Experience
... experience passed by, until at last the indisputable symptoms of inborn depravity,
and the deplorable weakness of the heart and will to cope with the mighty ...
/.../byers/sanctification/chapter ii the apostolic experience.htm

The Fellowship of Prayer
... He imparts to us the necessary strength to cope with the temptations and trials
incident to life in this benighted world when everything relating to life is ...
/.../anderson/prayer availeth much/chapter 1 the fellowship of.htm

Our Requests Made Known unto God
... Christ is all we ever need to cope with the difficulties and dangers confronting
us in the path leading to the Father's house of many mansions. ...
/.../anderson/prayer availeth much/chapter 2 our requests made.htm

Thesaurus

Cope (1 Occurrence)
... 5. (n.) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold. 6. (vi)
To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. ...Cope (1 Occurrence). ...
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Lifter (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached
to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted. ...
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Lysias (3 Occurrences)
... The news of the plot against the life of one whom he now knew to be a Roman citizen
decided for Lysias that he could not hope to cope alone with so grave a ...
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Witty (1 Occurrence)
... technical skill"; compare the Revised Version margin "All their wisdom is swallowed
up." The meaning is "their skilled seamanship cannot cope with the danger ...
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Wist (13 Occurrences)
... technical skill"; compare the Revised Version margin "All their wisdom is swallowed
up." The meaning is "their skilled seamanship cannot cope with the danger ...
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Wot (10 Occurrences)
... technical skill"; compare the Revised Version margin "All their wisdom is swallowed
up." The meaning is "their skilled seamanship cannot cope with the danger ...
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Farmer (17 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the
crown. Multi-Version Concordance Farmer (17 Occurrences). ...
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Flask (15 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used
in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top ...
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Drag (19 Occurrences)
... 17. (vt) Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged. 18. (n.) The
bottom part of a flask or mold, the upper part being the cope. 19. ...
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Match (4 Occurrences)
... potassium. 2. (n.) A person or thing equal or similar to another; one able
to mate or cope with another; an equal; a mate. 3. (n ...
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Bible Concordance

Cope (1 Occurrence)

Acts 6:10 They weren't able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Cope

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Lifter (3 Occurrences)

Lysias (3 Occurrences)

Witty (1 Occurrence)

Wist (13 Occurrences)

Wot (10 Occurrences)

Farmer (17 Occurrences)