Stiffness
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
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How the Evangelist John is Said to have Shown the Value of ...
... a bow." "And why," said he, "do you not always carry it everywhere bent?" To whom
the other replied: "It would not do, for the force of its stiffness would be ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter xxi how the evangelist.htm

The Theology of St. Hilary of Poitiers.
... The inevitable result is an apparent coldness and stiffness and excess of method
which does Hilary an injustice both as a thinker and as a writer. ...
/.../chapter ii the theology of st.htm

A Life Lost and Found [Footnote: Preached after the Funeral of Mr. ...
... hide, and soaks it in bitter waters, and dresses it with sharp tools, and lubricates
it with unguents, and his work is not done till all the stiffness is out ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/a life lost and found.htm

Gregorian Church Music
... There is, too, undoubtedly much grandeur and beauty in this style, which adapt it
for certain forms and occasions of worship; but its stiffness and monotony ...
/.../winkworth/christian singers of germany/gregorian church music.htm

What are These Hidden and Unseen Mysteries, You Will Say...
... as above, merely dropping m; Hildebrand and Oehler insert in, and read, from a
conjecture of Ursinus adopted by Elmenhorst, c-ol-ligare--"to bind into stiffness ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/63 what are these hidden.htm

May 31. "Whosoever Therefore Shall Humble Himself as this Little ...
... them, we must be approachable and human. All stiffness is but another form
of self-consciousness. Ask Christ for a human heart, for ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /may 31 whosoever therefore shall.htm

Wesley as Art Critic
... otherwise. If the expression may be allowed, there is a kind of stiffness
runs through the one, and an easiness through the other. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesley as art critic.htm

Wesley Preaches at Aberdeen
... with him at his house. I observed no stiffness at all, but the easy good
breeding of a man of sense and learning. I suppose both he ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesley preaches at aberdeen.htm

Epistle Xliii. To Eulogius and Anastasius, Bishops.
... But, if he should altogether refuse to be bent from the stiffness of his elation,
then, with the succour of Almighty God, we may consider more particularly ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xliii to eulogius and.htm

To the Rev. G. Browne
... by birth an old Castilian, and one of the very few who retain traces of the ancient
Spanish character, which with all its faults, its stiffness, its formality ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev g browne 2.htm

Thesaurus
Stiffness (4 Occurrences)
... (n.) The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste;
stiffness of manner; stiffness of character. ...Stiffness (4 Occurrences). ...
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Rigor (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Rigidity; stiffness; inflexibility. ... 3. (n.) The becoming stiff or rigid;
the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness. ...
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Stifle (5 Occurrences)

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Stiff-necked (18 Occurrences)
Stiff-necked. Stiffnecked, Stiff-necked. Stiffness . Noah Webster's Dictionary ...
Stiffnecked, Stiff-necked. Stiffness . Reference Bible.
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Limp (9 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Flaccid; flabby, as flesh. 5. (a.) Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a
limp cravat. Multi-Version Concordance Limp (9 Occurrences). ...
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Flag (30 Occurrences)
... (see PAPER, REED.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (vi) To hang loose without stiffness;
to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. ...
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Raised (267 Occurrences)
... Mark 16:14 Afterwards, as they are reclining (at meat), he was manifested to the
eleven, and did reproach their unbelief and stiffness of heart, because they ...
/r/raised.htm - 35k

Reclining (25 Occurrences)
... Mark 16:14 Afterwards, as they are reclining (at meat), he was manifested to the
eleven, and did reproach their unbelief and stiffness of heart, because they ...
/r/reclining.htm - 14k

Erection (1 Occurrence)
... feelings or purposes. 3. (n.) State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
4. (n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind. 5. (n ...
/e/erection.htm - 7k

Mindful (39 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 9:27 be mindful of Thy servants, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob,
turn not unto the stiffness of this people, and unto its wickedness, and unto ...
/m/mindful.htm - 17k

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Concordance
Stiffness (4 Occurrences)

Matthew 19:8
He saith to them -- 'Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.
(YLT)

Mark 10:5
And Jesus answering said to them, 'For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,
(YLT)

Mark 16:14
Afterwards, as they are reclining (at meat), he was manifested to the eleven, and did reproach their unbelief and stiffness of heart, because they believed not those having seen him being raised;
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 9:27
be mindful of Thy servants, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, turn not unto the stiffness of this people, and unto its wickedness, and unto its sin;
(YLT)

Subtopics

Stiffness

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Stifle (5 Occurrences)

Stiff-necked (18 Occurrences)

Limp (9 Occurrences)

Flag (30 Occurrences)

Raised (267 Occurrences)

Reclining (25 Occurrences)

Erection (1 Occurrence)

Mindful (39 Occurrences)

Eating (151 Occurrences)

Harddiness

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