Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.
2. (n.) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
3. (n.) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
4. (v. t.) To cause to reel or totter.
5. (v. t.) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
6. (v. t.) To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
7. (n.) An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.
8. (n.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.
9. (n.) Bewilderment; perplexity.
Greek
1252. diakrino -- to distinguish, to judge ... to discriminate (by implication, decide), or (reflexively) hesitate -- contend,
make (to) differ(-ence), discern, doubt, judge, be partial,
stagger, waver.
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1252.htm - 9kStrong's Hebrew
3782. kashal -- to stumble, stagger, totter... 3781, 3782. kashal. 3783 . to stumble,
stagger, totter. Transliteration: kashal
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-shal') Short Definition: stumble. Word Origin a prim
... /hebrew/3782.htm - 6k 5128. nua -- to quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter
... 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 ...
/hebrew/5128.htm - 6k
8582. taah -- to err
... leads them astray (1), leads to ruin (1), led my astray (2), led them astray (3),
led...astray (2), misled (1), reels (1), seduced (1), stagger (3), staggers (1 ...
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8653. tarelah -- a reeling
... Word Origin from raal Definition a reeling NASB Word Usage reeling (2), stagger
(1). astonishment, trembling. From ra'al; reeling -- astonishment, trembling. ...
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1607. gaash -- to shake, quake
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to shake, quake NASB Word Usage shaken (3),
shook (2), stagger (1), surge (2), toss (1). move, shake, toss, trouble. ...
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Library
1 Cor. Ii. 1, 2
... Now he sheweth that both the thing itself which was preached, and the manner of
preaching it, were enough to stagger people; and yet did not stagger them. ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily vi 1 cor ii.htm
Entire Sanctification
... Many stagger at the term perfection in Christianity; because they think that what
is implied in it is inconsistent with a state of probation, and savors of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/clarke/entire sanctification/entire sanctification.htm
The Needle of the Compass of Need.
... I might add that there are a billion people in these two-thirds. But that figure
is so big as only to stagger the mind in an attempt to take it in. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/the needle of the compass.htm
Hebrews xi. 17-19
... He enjoined things that were in contradiction to the promises, and yet not even
so did the righteous man stagger, nor say he had been deceived. ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xxv hebrews xi 17-19.htm
The Prophecies
... Is.29: "Be amazed and wonder, people of Israel; stagger and stumble, and be drunken,
but not with wine; stagger, but not with strong drink. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pascal/pensees/section xi the prophecies.htm
A Prince's Bride
... The old man shook his head and looked away to see a man-servant stagger out
under a load of splendid carpets. The old woman came close. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter i a princes bride.htm
On the Road
... staff in his hand, and with God's blessing upon him and His Eucharistic Presence
in his heart, stepped out cheerfully on a journey that would stagger most men. ...
/.../greater things the story of saint stanislaus kostka /chapter i on the road.htm
Praying Charlie.
... "Alas!" said he, "I know not what to say, being a child: for these pains may stagger
a strong man; but I will strive to endure the best I can." Upon this he ...
/.../wesley/stories of boys and girls who loved the saviour/praying charlie.htm
Truth Hidden when not Sought After.
... they are told that able men are ranged on contrary sides in religious questions,
they either hastily deny the fact, or they are startled, and stagger in their ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon xiii truth hidden when.htm
How to Make Use of Christ, as Truth, for Comfort, when Truth is ...
... This is a very trying dispensation, as we see it was to the holy penman of Psalm
73.for it made him to stagger, so that his feet were almost gone, and his ...
/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/chapter xiv how to make.htm
Thesaurus
Stagger (20 Occurrences)... An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to
fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the
stagger of a
.../s/stagger.htm - 13kReel (6 Occurrences)
... 7. (vi) To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger. ... You
have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger. (See RSV). ...
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Drunken (38 Occurrences)
... He makes them stagger like a drunken man. ... Psalms 107:27 They reel back and forth,
and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. ...
/d/drunken.htm - 18k
Totter (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate;
to be unsteady; to stagger; as, an old man totters with age. ...
/t/totter.htm - 8k
Swallowed (43 Occurrences)
... Psalms 107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at
their wits end. (See JPS YLT). ... They stagger with strong drink. ...
/s/swallowed.htm - 20k
Ceased (80 Occurrences)
... Judges 9:9 And the olive saith to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which
they honour gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees? (YLT). ...
/c/ceased.htm - 29k
Visions (43 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 28:7 But these also reel through wine, and stagger through strong drink;
the priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because ...
/v/visions.htm - 20k
Confused (13 Occurrences)
... (WEB). Isaiah 28:7 And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink;
the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine ...
/c/confused.htm - 10k
Staggered (4 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Stagger. ... Psalms 107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a
drunken man, And are at their wits end. (See JPS NAS RSV NIV). ...
/s/staggered.htm - 7k
Stumble (89 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the
foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step. ...
/s/stumble.htm - 34k
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