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Greek

3591. ogkos -- bulk, an encumbrance
... bulk, an encumbrance. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: ogkos Phonetic
Spelling: (ong'-kos) Short Definition: a weight, burden Definition ...
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Library

Excuses Commonly Urged in Defence of Second Marriage their ...
... he should desire longer life, when the apostle himself is in haste to be "with the
Lord?" [571] Assuredly, most free will he be from encumbrance in persecutions ...
/.../tertullian/on exhortation to chastity/chapter xii excuses commonly urged in.htm

Causes of Corruption Chiefly Intentional.
... call the clause nekrou`s egei'rete in Matthew 10:8 a gloss.' It is a gratuitous
and unwarrantable interpolation,"nothing else but a clumsy encumbrance of the ...
/.../chapter xii causes of corruption.htm

Review
... formulæ of past thinkings, have long lost all sense of any kind;" (p.297;) so that
the Prayer-book "is on the way to become a useless encumbrance, the rubbish ...
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For to Invoke Angels Without Having Obtained a Knowledge of their ...
... know divine things) to what is truly divine and blessed; whereas the term "demons"
is always applied to those wicked powers, freed from the encumbrance of a ...
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The Analogy Between the Two Advents of Christ.
... interests. Weak and sickly infants were looked upon as a useless encumbrance
and generally suffered an early and cruel death. The ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/10 the analogy between the.htm

Prepositional Phrases
... emotions of joy. emulous of truth [emulous = prompted by a spirit of rivalry].
encroachments of time. encumbrance of mystery. energy of youth. enigma of life. ...
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Letter clviii. (AD 414. )
... and eager the more earnestly attentive we become: and it seems to us probable that
even in its highest activity it is retarded by the encumbrance of the body ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter clviii a d 414.htm

By Far the Ablest of These Seven Essays is from the Pen of the " ...
... into phrases, and these phrases are declared to be objects of reverence but not
of intelligence, it is on the way to become a useless encumbrance; the rubbish ...
/.../burgon/inspiration and interpretation/vi by far the ablest.htm

The Reality of the Resurrection
... 91. The bodies of the saints, then, shall rise again free from blemish and deformity,
just as they will be also free from corruption, encumbrance, or handicap. ...
/.../augustine/handbook on faith hope and love/chapter xxiii the reality of.htm

The Fainting Warrior
... Adam in the garden of perfection, felt the body to be no encumbrance, nor if sin
were absent should we have any fault to find with our flesh and blood. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

2. (n.) Same as Incumbrance.

Thesaurus

Encumbrance (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Encumbrance (2 Occurrences). ... Deuteronomy 1:12 How can I
myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? ...
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Cumbrance (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Encumbrance. ... Deuteronomy 1:12 How can I myself
alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? ...
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End (3706 Occurrences)

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Burden (111 Occurrences)
... (3) There is also the word gomos, "the freight" of a ship (Acts 21:3); compare ogkos,
weight or encumbrance which impedes the runner's progress to the goal ...
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Lies (208 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses,
let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our ...
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Load (22 Occurrences)
... to weeping. (BBE). Deuteronomy 1:12 How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance,
and your burden, and your strife? (See NAS). 2 Kings ...
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Fling (5 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses,
let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our ...
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Readily (22 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses,
let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our ...
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Endurance (31 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses,
let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our ...
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Encrusted (2 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Encumbrance (2 Occurrences)

Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
(WEY NAS)

Deuteronomy 1:12 How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
(WEB WBS)

Subtopics

Encumbrance

Related Terms

Cumbrance (1 Occurrence)

End (3706 Occurrences)

Burden (111 Occurrences)

Lies (208 Occurrences)

Load (22 Occurrences)

Fling (5 Occurrences)

Readily (22 Occurrences)

Endurance (31 Occurrences)