Bible Thesaurus: Swing

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Swing (3 Occurrences)
... another; as, the door swung open. 3. (vi) To use a swing; as, a boy swings
for exercise or pleasure. See Swing. 4. (n.) To turn round ...
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Sway (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield; as, to sway the scepter. ...
6. (vi) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward. ...
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Hang (37 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or
points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc. ...
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Lace (7 Occurrences)
... rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully
woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from ...
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Woven (40 Occurrences)
... rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully
woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from ...
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Waver (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To play or move to and fro; to move one way
and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. ...
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Weigh (24 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh. 2. (vt) To bear
up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor. ...
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Waistband (15 Occurrences)
... rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully
woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from ...
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Flail (1 Occurrence)
... the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter
and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely. ...
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Flourish (26 Occurrences)
... 10. (vt) To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles
or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish. 11. ...
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Bible Concordance

Swing (3 Occurrences)

Exodus 28:28 They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not swing out from the ephod.
(WEB NIV)

Exodus 39:21 They bound the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not come loose from the ephod, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
(See NIV)

Job 28:4 He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

2. (v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.

3. (v. i.) To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing.

4. (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.

5. (n.) To be hanged.

6. (v. t.) To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.

7. (v. t.) To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.

8. (v. t.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

9. (n.) The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.

10. (n.) Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.

11. (n.) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.

12. (n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.

13. (n.) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

14. (n.) Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.

Greek

1621. ektinasso -- to shake off or out
... Word Origin from ek and tinasso (to swing) Definition to shake off or out NASB
Word Usage shake...off (2), shook (1), shook off (1). shake off. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5128. nua -- to quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter
... NASB Word Usage disturb (1), moving (1), reels (1), scatter (1), set trembling
(1), shake (4), shaken (4), shook (1), stagger (3), staggered (1), swing to and ...
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Library

Swing.
... 511 Swing. 7s & 6s. D. Paradise of Joy. For thee, O dear, dear country, Mine eyes
their vigils keep; For very love, beholding Thy happy name, they weep. ...
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Six Facts Underlying Prayer.
... The fifth fact:"God was eager to swing the world back to its original sway:
for His own sake, for man's sake, for the earth's sake. ...
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The Surprised Church.
... time by the bulky measurement of years, and can't seem to shake off the time idea;
who gets absorbed in moments and hours and loses the broad swing of things. ...
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Making God's Purpose Our Prayer.
... The first thing in prayer is to find God's purpose, the trend, the swing
of it; the second thing to make that purpose our prayer. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on prayer/making gods purpose our prayer.htm

A Lord of the Harvest.
... It meant trusting Him when things didn't seem to go with a swing. It meant sweet
sleep at night, and new strength at the day's beginning. ...
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Matt. xxvi. 67, 68
... learn their intemperate spirit by all things, and that having taken Him like a prey,
they thus showed forth their intoxication, and gave full swing to their ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxxv matt xxvi 67.htm

Will the World be Won?
... But of late years there has been a distinct swing away from this sort of
preaching and talking. Everything we humans do seems to ...
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Our Need of a World to Win.
... There's no doubt of that. And just as really we men need a world to win. We need
the impetus and stimulus, the grip and the swing of having a world to win. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/our need of a world.htm

Talmage -- a Bloody Monster
... work. But swing out your signs, and open your doors, O ye traffickers in
the peace of families and in the souls of immortal men. ...
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The Early Eden Picture.
... Man was made holy. There is in the Genesis picture of Eden a touch that for simplicity
and yet for revealing the whole swing of moral action is most vivid. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/the early eden picture.htm

Subtopics

Swing

Related Terms

Sway (7 Occurrences)

Hang (37 Occurrences)

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Weigh (24 Occurrences)

Waistband (15 Occurrences)

Flail (1 Occurrence)

Flourish (26 Occurrences)