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Sleight (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Cunning; craft; artful practice; as,
sleight of hand. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SLEIGHT. ...
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Unprincipled (4 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:14 in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about
by every wind of that teaching which is in the sleight of men, in unprincipled ...
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Jugglery
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Sleight of hand; trickery; deception. 2. (n.)
Trickery; imposture; as, political jugglery. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Fro (54 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried
about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning ...
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Palm (49 Occurrences)
... 11. (vt) To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually
with off. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CITY OF PALM TREES. ...
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Conjurer (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural
power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand. ...
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Cunning (43 Occurrences)
... Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried
about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning ...
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Artifice (1 Occurrence)
... Ephesians 4:14 that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind
of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of ...
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Sleeves (4 Occurrences)

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Systematized (1 Occurrence)
... Ephesians 4:14 in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about
by every wind of that teaching which is in the sleight of men, in unprincipled ...
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Bible Concordance

Sleight (1 Occurrence)

Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Cunning; craft; artful practice; as, sleight of hand.

2. (n.) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.

3. (n.) Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SLEIGHT

slit: No connection with "slight," but from the same root as "sly" and so = "cunning." So in Ephesians 4:14, "sleight of men," for kubeia, "dice-plalying" (compare "cube") "gamblers' tricks" "trickery."

Greek

2940. kubeia -- dice playing
... dice playing. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kubeia Phonetic Spelling:
(koo-bi'-ah) Short Definition: trickery, sleight Definition: (lit ...
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Library

And Then that Further Device of Theirs, if Words Can Express It...
... Man, to the measure of the age of the fullness of Christ; that we be no longer babes,
tossed and carried about with every wind of doctrine, in sleight of men ...
/.../augustine/of the work of monks /section 40 and then that.htm

A Preliminary Discourse to Catechising
... of the truth. Seducers have silver tongues, that can put off bad wares;
they have a sleight to deceive. Ephesians 4:14. The Greek ...
/.../watson/a body of divinity/1 a preliminary discourse to.htm

Ephesians iv. 7-Apr
... "That we may be no longer," saith he, "children, tossed to and fro, and carried
about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after ...
/.../homily xi ephesians iv 7-apr.htm

Conclusion.
... that Church is, and what she teaches, they will be "no more children, tossed to
and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of man ...
/.../the way of salvation in the lutheran church/chapter xxviii conclusion.htm

Book iv. The Earlier Books of this Treatise, Written Some Time Ago ...
... irreverence; next, what principles they hold, and what arguments they advance against
the apostolic faith to which we adhere, and by what sleight of language ...
/.../the life and writings of st hilary of poitiers/book iv the earlier books.htm

How to Make Use of Christ for Steadfastness, in a Time when Truth ...
... 1. The believer should live in the conviction of his hazard through the sleight
of Satan, the strength of temptation, the wickedness and treachery of the heart ...
/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/chapter xv how to make.htm

How to Make Use of Christ as the Life, when the Believer is So ...
... 2. Through the cunning and sleight of Satan, stealing the believer, that is not
watchful enough, insensibly off his feet, and singing him asleep by degrees. ...
/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/chapter xxi how to make.htm

How Christ is Made Use of as the Life, by one that is So Dead and ...
... 7. Trying and examining, but through the sleight of Satan, and because pitching
upon wrong marks, coming to no good issue, but condemning themselves without ...
/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/chapter xxv how christ is.htm

It Shall not be Forgiven.
... "Is it for us," says the objector who, by some sleight of will, believes in the
word apart from the meaning for which it stands, "to judge of the character of ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/unspoken sermons/it shall not be forgiven.htm

No Man Cometh to the Father but by Me.
... it. 3. Through the sleight of Satan and the power of corruption, they are
oftentimes declining from this pure gospel way. 4. The ...
/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/chapter xxviii no man cometh.htm

Subtopics

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Related Terms

Unprincipled (4 Occurrences)

Jugglery

Fro (54 Occurrences)

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Conjurer (1 Occurrence)

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Artifice (1 Occurrence)

Sleeves (4 Occurrences)

Systematized (1 Occurrence)