Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. i.) Alt. of Steem.
2. (n.) Alt. of Steem.
3. (n.) The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.
4. (n.) A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.
5. (n.) The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
6. (n.) A branch of a family.
7. (n.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
8. (n.) Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
9. (n.) Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
10. (n.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
11. (n.) The entire central axis of a feather.
12. (n.) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
13. (n.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
14. (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
15. (v. t.) To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
16. (v. t.) To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
17. (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current.
18. (v. i.) To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.
Greek
5301. hussopos -- hyssop ... of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: hussopos Phonetic Spelling:
(hoos'-so-pos) Short Definition: hyssop Definition: hyssop, a stalk or
stem of hyssop.
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5301.htm - 6k318. anagke -- necessity
... This kind of situation is typically brought on by great pain or distress (so
Diod., ,). In classical Greek many words take their stem from . ...
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4725. stemma -- a wreath
... a wreath. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: stemma Phonetic Spelling:
(stem'-mah) Short Definition: a garland Definition: a garland, wreath, crown. ...
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2563. kalamos -- a reed
... pen, reed. Or uncertain affinity; a reed (the plant or its stem, or that of a similar
plant); by implication, a pen -- pen, reed. (kalamon) -- 6 Occurrences. ...
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4594. semeron -- today
... stem meaning this) Definition today NASB Word Usage last night (1), this (1), this
day (6), this very (2), today (29), today's (1), very (1). this day. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
1503. geza -- a stock, stem... 1502, 1503. geza. 1504 . a stock,
stem. Transliteration: geza Phonetic
Spelling: (geh'-zah) Short Definition:
stem. Word Origin
... /hebrew/1503.htm - 6k 7070. qaneh -- a stalk, reed
... From qanah; a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring),
shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard) -- balance ...
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Library
The Word of God did not Become Flesh Except in the virgin's Womb ...
... Now, since He is the blossom of the stem which sprouts from the root of Jesse; since,
moreover, the root of Jesse is the family of David, and the stem of the ...
/.../tertullian/ on the flesh of christ/chapter xxi the word of god.htm
Nothing but the Blood of Jesus. GH 1-6 No. 195.
... GH 1-6 No. 195. ALKOMAYLUM 1 Stem kwa ts'kwot tal skwi-la-wal, Ooli ta sat-see-ul
ta Jesus; Stem kwa may sthay-lawmikh talsa, Ooli ta sat-see-ul ta Jesus. ...
/.../various/indian methodist hymn-book/8 nothing but the blood.htm
Involution
... itself another fossil was discovered, almost as abundant but far more beautiful,
and from the exquisite carving which ornamented its fluted stem it received ...
/.../drummond/the lowell lectures on the ascent of man/chapter x involution.htm
Abide
... The graft shoots its little roots and fibers down into the stem, and the stem grows
up into the graft, and what has been called the structural union is effected ...
/.../murray/the true vine meditations for a month on john 151-16/abide.htm
The Ten Commandments in Alkomaylum.
... 1-Oolawl-tcha kwa TS khakha-stokh-okh. 2-Owa-tchuh ee-ise-okh kwa stem staa
kwa TS. ... 8 Owa-tchuh kwus kal kwa stem tilay kwa latcha. ...
/.../various/indian methodist hymn-book/the ten commandments in alkomaylum.htm
A Provision Ground
... The lush fat green stem; the crown of huge leaves, falling over in curves like those
of human limbs; and below, the whorls of green or golden fruit, with the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xvi a provision ground.htm
A Letter from a West Indian Cottage Ornee
... Weeds, all over the world, are mostly like each other; poor, thin, pale in leaf,
small and meagre in stem and flower: meaner forms which fill up for good, and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter v a letter from.htm
The Believer a New Creature
... Now, the branch derives all its nourishment, its sap, its vitality, its
fruit-bearing power, from the stem with which it is united. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 15 1869/the believer a new creature.htm
The Fig-Tree.
... In contrast with the bright background of other sunny pictures, we have, standing
out in bold relief, a withered, sapless stem, impressively proclaiming, in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xix the fig-tree.htm
The vine and the Branches
... writer who advocates the repression theory of sanctification says: "But if I want
a tree wholly made good I take it when young and, cutting the stem off on the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/byers/sanctification/chapter x the vine and.htm
Thesaurus
Stem (18 Occurrences)... 4. (n.) A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch;
a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the
stem of an apple or a cherry.
.../s/stem.htm - 13kShaft (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence,
an arrow. ... 4. (n.) The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant. ...
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Candlestick (34 Occurrences)
... It consisted of a pedestal or base, of a central stem (the name "candlestick" is
specially given to this), of six curving branches-three on each side-and of ...
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Branch (60 Occurrences)
... 11:7); of prosperity (Job 8:16); of the Messiah, a branch out of the root of the
stem of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1), the "beautiful branch" (4:2), a "righteous branch ...
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Achan (7 Occurrences)
... Zerah the son of Judah who was put to death, in Joshua's time, for stealing some
of the "devoted" spoil of the city of Jericho (Joshua 7). The stem `akhan is ...
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Stalk (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a
stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp. ...
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Stock (16 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part;
the trunk. 2. (n.) The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted. ...
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Preacher (27 Occurrences)
... The word does not occur elsewhere, although it is from a stem that is in common
use. Apparently it has been coined for a purpose by the author of Ecclesiastes. ...
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Tree (245 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree,
consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree. ...
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Ecclesiastes (1 Occurrence)
... The word does not occur elsewhere, although it is from a stem that is in common
use. Apparently it has been coined for a purpose by the author of Ecclesiastes. ...
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