Bible Encyclopedia: Player

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Greek

834. auletes -- a flute player
... a flute player. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: auletes Phonetic
Spelling: (ow-lay-tace') Short Definition: a flute-player Definition: a flute ...
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5273. hupokrites -- one who answers, an actor, a hypocrite
... Transliteration: hupokrites Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ok-ree-tace') Short Definition:
a hypocrite, dissembler Definition: (lit: a stage-player), a hypocrite ...
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2790. kitharodos -- one who plays and sings to the lyre
... harper. From kithara and a derivative of the same as oide; a lyre-singer(-player),
ie Harpist -- harper. see GREEK kithara. see GREEK oide. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5059. nagan -- to touch or play a stringed instrument
... or play a stringed instrument NASB Word Usage minstrel (1), minstrel played (1),
musician (1), musicians (1), play (5), play songs (1), player (1), playing (2 ...
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2490. chalal -- to bore, pierce
... begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first,
X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments ...
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Library

The Master's Touch.
... And at last it was knocked down to the famous player himself for one hundred guineas
in gold, and that evening he held a vast audience of thousands breathless ...
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Appendix.
... acting, and grieve that they are injured, and that the honours due to them are withheld
if the pantomimist halts for a little, or the player, being wearied ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/appendix.htm

That the Romans Should have Understood that Gods who Desired to be ...
... exhibited to gratify them. With what justice, then, is the player
excommunicated by whom God is worshipped? On what pretext can ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 13 that the romans should.htm

The Fan. Matthew iii. 12
... Listen to this letter. The man that wrote it was a football player. He was in the
Bolton Wanderers, in its day a crack club. He was also a singer in the choir. ...
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Rondelet, {7} the Huguenot Naturalist {8}
... Rabelais seems to have liked Rondelet, and no wonder: he was a cheery, lovable,
honest little fellow, very fond of jokes, a great musician and player on the ...
/.../kingsley/historical lectures and essays/rondelet 7 the huguenot naturalist.htm

Gambling, Card-Playing
... One, two, four hours go by almost unnoticed. Prizes are offered for the best player.
As a Catholic priest told me after he had won a small sum with cards. ...
/.../questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/iii gambling card-playing.htm

The Note of Idealism.
... To aid them in this endeavour they call the painter, the sculptor, the dramatist,
the man of letters, the player skilled in the language of music, and to one ...
/.../jackson/the message and the man/chapter iii the note of.htm

Seated Where There is Nothing of God, Will one be Thinking of his ...
... thought to prophetic appeals? Amid the measures of the effeminate player,
will he call up to himself a psalm? And when the athletes ...
/.../tertullian/the shows or de spectaculis/chapter xxv seated where there.htm

Here Peradventure Some Man May Say, "If it was Bodily Work that ...
... One thing I know, that he neither did steal, nor was a housebreaker or highwayman,
nor chariot-driver or hunter or player, nor given to filthy lucre: but ...
/.../augustine/of the work of monks /section 14 here peradventure some.htm

The First Games
... By means of certain astute methods, an artful player can make the pea stick to his
fingers, or to the inside of the shell, and the opponent loses every time. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

2. (n.) One who plays any game.

3. (n.) A dramatic actor.

4. (n.) One who plays on an instrument of music.

5. (n.) A gamester; a gambler.

Thesaurus

Player (4 Occurrences)
...Player (4 Occurrences). 1 Samuel 16:16 Let our lord now command your servants who
are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. ...
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Split (36 Occurrences)
... 11. (vi) to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the
first two cards dealt to a player have the same value. 12. ...
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Error (90 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to
put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base. Int. ...
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Double (49 Occurrences)
... Hence, a wraith. 20. (n.) A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another
player in his absence; a substitute. 21. (n.) Double beer; strong beer. ...
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Minstrel (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Matthew 9:23), a flute-player. ... In 2 Kings 3:15 it denotes
a player on a stringed instrument. Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Playing (37 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 3:15 But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while
the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you ...
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Expert (59 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 16:16 Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in
search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be ...
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Run (147 Occurrences)
... 69. (n.) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables
him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by ...
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Players (7 Occurrences)

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Music (143 Occurrences)
... flute, and one a dulcimer. Two of the harpists and the dulcimer-player
appear to be dancing or skipping. Then follow 6 women; 4 ...
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Bible Concordance

Player (4 Occurrences)

1 Samuel 16:16 Let our lord now command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. It shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS)

1 Samuel 16:17 And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.
(BBE)

2 Kings 3:15 But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you the word of the Lord: and they got a player of music, and while the man was playing, the hand of the Lord was on him.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 33:32 And truly you are to them like a love song by one who has a very pleasing voice and is an expert player on an instrument: for they give ear to your words but do them not.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Player

Related Terms

Split (36 Occurrences)

Error (90 Occurrences)

Double (49 Occurrences)

Minstrel (1 Occurrence)

Playing (37 Occurrences)

Expert (59 Occurrences)

Run (147 Occurrences)

Players (7 Occurrences)

Music (143 Occurrences)