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5542. chrestologia -- smooth speech
... chrestologia Phonetic Spelling: (khrase-tol-og-ee'-ah) Short Definition: a kind
address Definition: a kind address; in a bad sense: plausible speaking. ...
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4679. sophizo -- to make wise
... From sophos; to render wise; in a sinister acceptation, to form "sophisms", ie Continue
plausible error -- cunningly devised, make wise. see GREEK sophos. ...
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3884. paralogizomai -- to miscalculate, to reason falsely
... erroneous) way. 3884 ("deceive close-beside") operates by -- using what "plausible"
but lets the person down ("disappoints"). Word Origin ...
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Library

In what Follows, Some May Imagine that He Says Something Plausible ...
... Chapter XII. In what follows, some may imagine that he says something
plausible against us.� In what follows, some may imagine ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xii in what follows.htm

Fifth Tractate on the Integral Omnipresence of the Authentic ...
... In dealing with that lower order we would reason from its own nature and the
characteristics it exhibits; thus, on a plausible foundation, we achieve plausible ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/fifth tractate on the integral.htm

I Knew How it Would Be.
... And here is just the weakness that will prove his ruin. He will put too much faith
in his plausible associate.". "Some one should warn him of his danger. ...
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We Should Acknowledge one Only God.
... to be divine, he would be reckoned among impure men, and a stranger to life and
humanity; and if any one does so knowingly, he will have a plausible excuse for ...
/.../justin on the sole government of god /chapter vi we should acknowledge one.htm

Seventh Tractate. On Complete Transfusion.
... Their view is plausible because it rejects the notion of total admixture and because
it recognizes that the masses of the mixing bodies must be whittled away ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/seventh tractate on complete transfusion.htm

Supplement to Sermon iv.
... our remarks to the Scriptures of the New Testament; which, it is manifest, the view
under consideration specially contemplates;)"however plausible in the ...
/.../burgon/inspiration and interpretation/supplement to sermon iv.htm

Standard Expositions of the Roman Catholic System.
... controverse. [164] This book is a luminous, eloquent, idealizing, and plausible
defense of the characteristic doctrines of Romanism. It ...
/.../ 23 standard expositions of.htm

Scriptural References to Death.
... He who beholds and apprehends the excellency of the Word, as he breaks down and
refutes all the plausible forms of things which are truly lies but profess to ...
/.../35 scriptural references to death.htm

Letter Lv. --Letter to Rufinianus.
... and violence, that they should not only receive pardon, but should occupy the position
of clergy: the more so, in that they offered a plausible defence, and ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/letter lv letter to rufinianus.htm

"But that Certain Christians and all Jews Should Maintain...
... For in this way he would have appeared to turn aside those who are carried away
by the plausible character [3689] of the prophetic statements, as he regards it ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter ii but that certain.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Apparently valid, likely; probable; credible; as a plausible explanation.

2. (a.) Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion.

3. (a.) Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker.

Thesaurus

Plausible (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Apparently valid, likely; probable; credible;
as a plausible explanation. 2. (a.) Obtaining approbation ...
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Netophah (2 Occurrences)
... In this respect it is most plausible to identify it with NEPHTOAH (which see), although
the disappearance of the terminal guttural in the latter creates a ...
/n/netophah.htm - 9k

Utterly (170 Occurrences)
... Romans 16:18 For men of that stamp are not bondservants of Christ our Lord, but
are slaves to their own appetites; and by their plausible words and their ...
/u/utterly.htm - 39k

Untempered (5 Occurrences)
... They build up stories and make them plausible by an outward semblance to truth,
while, in fact, they are flimsy, unreliable prophecies, resembling the walls ...
/u/untempered.htm - 9k

Old (3966 Occurrences)
... The most plausible conjecture, perhaps, is that which connects it with the Assyrian
adamu, "to make," or "produce," hence, "the produced one," "the creature ...
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One's (59 Occurrences)
... work; (See RSV NIV). Colossians 2:4 I say this to prevent your being misled
by any one's plausible sophistry. (WEY). 2 Thessalonians 3 ...
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Golden (86 Occurrences)
... and thus to express contempt for them. This however, though plausible,
is by no means certain. It was not their size which made ...
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Glossy (2 Occurrences)
... glossy surface. 2. (superl.) Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
Multi-Version Concordance Glossy (2 Occurrences). Isaiah ...
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Fellowship (114 Occurrences)
... It is very plausible to refer this to the community of goods described in
the verses immediately following (see COMMUNITY OF GOODS). ...
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Fair (147 Occurrences)
... (2) Pure, free of defilement, the Revised Version (British and American) "clean,"
Tahor (Zechariah 3:5). (3) "Fair speech," plausible, persuasive (leqah ...
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Bible Concordance

Plausible (3 Occurrences)

Romans 16:18 For men of that stamp are not bondservants of Christ our Lord, but are slaves to their own appetites; and by their plausible words and their flattery they utterly deceive the minds of the simple.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 2:4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
(See RSV)

Colossians 2:4 I say this to prevent your being misled by any one's plausible sophistry.
(WEY)

Subtopics

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Related Terms

Netophah (2 Occurrences)

Utterly (170 Occurrences)

Untempered (5 Occurrences)

Old (3966 Occurrences)

One's (59 Occurrences)

Golden (86 Occurrences)

Glossy (2 Occurrences)