Bible Dictionary: Hesitation

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of pausing; doubt; vacillation.

2. (n.) A faltering in speech; stammering.

Greek

3635. okneo -- to shrink (from doing), to hesitate (to do)
... Word Origin from oknos (shrinking, hesitation) Definition to shrink (from doing),
to hesitate (to do) NASB Word Usage delay (1). delay. ...
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3195. mello -- to be about to
... suffer something (of persons or things, especially events; in the sense of purpose,
duty, necessity, probability, possibility, or hesitation) -- about, after ...
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369. anantirretos -- without contradiction
... anantirretos Phonetic Spelling: (an-an-tir-hray'-toce) Short Definition: without
contradiction Definition: without contradiction, without hesitation, promptly. ...
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687. ara -- an untranslatable interrog. particle implying anxiety ...
... and the . Depending on the context, 687 () will emphasize the aspect of
hesitation, bewilderment, etc. (JB Lightfoot). Word Origin ...
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771. asthenema -- an infirmity
... Neuter Transliteration: asthenema Phonetic Spelling: (as-then'-ay-mah) Short Definition:
weakness, infirmity Definition: weakness, infirmity, doubt, hesitation ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8511. tala -- to hang
... A primitive root; to suspend; figuratively (through hesitation) to be uncertain;
by implication (of mental dependence) to habituate -- be bent, hang (in doubt ...
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Library

I Will Confess, However, Without Hesitation, that There are Some ...
... Chapter XLIII. I will confess, however, without hesitation, that there are
some who in a sense may� I will confess, however, without ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter xliii i will confess.htm

St. Paul Preached no New God, when He Announced the Repeal of Some ...
... Ancient Ordinances. Never Any Hesitation About Belief in the Creator, as
the God Whom Christ Revealed, Until Marcion's Heresy. Now ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter xxi st paul preached no.htm

He Discovers the Reason of Pelagius' Hesitation So to Say.
... A Treatise on the grace of christ, and on original sin, Chapter 18
[XVII.]"He Discovers the Reason of Pelagius' Hesitation So to Say. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 18 xvii he discovers the.htm

Of the Agreement of the Evangelists Matthew and Luke in the ...
... For how many, my brethren, do you think have this day been in hesitation
whether they would go here or there? And they who in this ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon i of the agreement.htm

A Parable in a Miracle
... foulest clean. Note, again, the leper's hesitation. 'If ... had not. But his
hesitation is quite as much entreaty as hesitation. What ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/a parable in a miracle.htm

The Martyrdom of John
... the attendants of Herod"not very good judges of a religious teacher"as to who this
new miracle-working Rabbi might be, but the tetrarch has no hesitation. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the martyrdom of john.htm

The Call of Abraham
... If God bids us do, we should do at once. Abraham went without any hesitation. He
did not say, "Lord give me a little time: I will go in a week. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the call of abraham.htm

Our Friends Take it Amiss that I have Spoken of the Origenists as ...
... The inference from this is that the man who is a good liar, and without hesitation
sets before his brethren any fabrication which rises into his mouth, shows ...
/.../18 our friends take it.htm

The Epistle to the Hebrews
... St. Paul's Epistles, and the same hesitation with regard to it existed in
the great Latin-speaking Church of Carthage. St. Cyprian ...
/.../pullan/the books of the new testament/chapter xviii the epistle to.htm

But There is a Further Fact; Forgotten Also Because we Moderns ...
... The woman's wisdom stands partly, not only for a wholesome hesitation about punishment,
but even for a wholesome hesitation about absolute rules. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 25 but there is.htm

Thesaurus

Hesitation (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Hesitation (2 Occurrences). Acts 10:20 But arise, get
down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them." (See RSV). ...
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Falter (2 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To utter with hesitation, or in a broken, trembling, or weak manner.
7. (vi) Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain ...
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Hem (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (pron.) Them. 2. (interj.) An onomatopoetic
word used as an expression of hesitation, doubt, etc. It ...
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Faltering (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Falter. 2. (a.) Hesitating; trembling. 3. (n.) Falter; halting;
hesitation. Multi-Version Concordance Faltering (3 Occurrences). ...
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Doubt (49 Occurrences)
... or evidence; uncertainty of judgment or mind; unsettled state of opinion concerning
the reality of an event, or the truth of an assertion, etc.; hesitation. ...
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Paul (207 Occurrences)
... Van-Manen's part of the one denies all the thirteen, while Maclean says: "We shall,
in what follows, without hesitation use the thirteen epistles as genuine ...
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Pause (4 Occurrences)
... action; interruption; suspension; cessation. 2. (n.) Temporary inaction or
waiting; hesitation; suspense; doubt. 3. (n.) In speaking ...
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Colors (12 Occurrences)
... yellow. A peasant chooses without hesitation a flaring magenta or yellow
or green zun-nar (girdle), rather than one of somber hues. ...
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Stick (47 Occurrences)
... often with at. 22. (vi) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
Multi-Version Concordance Stick (47 Occurrences). Matthew 10 ...
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Searchings (2 Occurrences)
... The second expression may mean either irresolution or hesitation based on selfish
motives, as the heart was also considered the seat of the feelings, or ...
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Bible Concordance

Hesitation (2 Occurrences)

Acts 10:20 But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them."
(See RSV)

Acts 11:12 and the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting, and these six brethren also went with me, and we did enter into the house of the man,
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Hesitation

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Falter (2 Occurrences)

Hem (14 Occurrences)

Faltering (3 Occurrences)

Doubt (49 Occurrences)

Paul (207 Occurrences)

Pause (4 Occurrences)

Colors (12 Occurrences)

Stick (47 Occurrences)

Searchings (2 Occurrences)