Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
a.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
2. (a.) Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
3. (a.) Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
4. (v. t.) To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
5. (v. t.) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
6. (v. i.) To become soft and pliant.
Strong's Hebrew
6339. pazaz -- to be supple or agile... 6338, 6339. pazaz. 6340 . to be
supple or agile. Transliteration: pazaz Phonetic
Spelling: (paw-zaz') Short Definition: agile. Word Origin a prim.
... /hebrew/6339.htm - 6k 4935. mishi -- a cleansing
... cleansing (1). to supple. Probably from sha'ah; inspection -- to supple. see
HEBREW sha'ah. 4934, 4935. mishi. 4936 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/4935.htm - 6k
Library
Meditation on God
... When those old athletes went out to wrestle, they always took care before they went
to oil themselves well"to make their joints supple and fit for labor. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 46 1900/meditation on god.htm
The Study of Words
... they receive their strength. They are fresh-colored, active, and supple,
neither too much nor too little in flesh. Paint and polish ...
/.../kleiser/the training of a public speaker/the study of words.htm
Climbing the Mountain
... Their limbs are supple, their muscles strong, and the marrow in their bones is as
yet not dried up. They laugh at difficulty and they defy danger. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/climbing the mountain.htm
Concerning "Perfect" and "One. "
... diminished, and that It contains all things beforehand in Itself and overflows in
one ceaseless, identical, [497] abundant and inexhaustible supple, whereby It ...
/.../rolt/dionysius the areopagite/chapter xiii concerning perfect and.htm
The First Games
... Is it surprising if this quick and supple intelligence, who mastered without effort,
and as if by instinct, the encyclopaedic knowledge of his age, who found ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/iv the first games.htm
Back to Memphis
... before. However, the accumulation of toil came upon him gradually and his
supple frame toughened as the demand upon it increased. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxxiii back to memphis.htm
Called to Reach a Higher Standard
... For one to have any hope of success in these trials of strength and speed, the muscles
must be strong and supple, and the nerves well under control. ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 30 called to reach.htm
The Presbyter
... But when the sweet gratification of personal revenge had taken him to Antioch, his
rival, the supple eunuch Eutropius, outwitted and undermined him. ...
/.../chapter xii the presbyter.htm
Of the Mortification of Our Natural Inclination to Liberty or ...
... in self-love, servile fear, yea oft in pride itself; whereas, if it be grounded
on our duty to God, the soul thereby will become so humble, supple, and pliable ...
/.../chapter xiv of the mortification.htm
The King's Highway
... that even an idiot could not help seeing it, so high above the land around that
the lion's spring falls far beneath it, and the supple tiger skulks baffled at ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the kings highway.htm
Thesaurus
Supple (2 Occurrences)... 1. (a.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as,
supple joints;
supple fingers.
... 4. (vt)
To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to
supple leather.
.../s/supple.htm - 7kNativity (9 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 16:4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not
cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted ...
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Anoint (59 Occurrences)
... The expression, "anoint the shield" (Isaiah 21:5), refers to the custom of rubbing
oil on the leather of the shield so as to make it supple and fit for use in ...
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Supplants (1 Occurrence)
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Supplement (1 Occurrence)
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Abideth (66 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV WBS). Genesis 49:24 But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his
hands are supple By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. ...
/a/abideth.htm - 24k
Firm (111 Occurrences)
... YLT). Genesis 49:24 But his bow abideth firm, And the arms of his hands
are supple By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob. From ...
/f/firm.htm - 34k
Wast (84 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 16:4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not
cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted ...
/w/wast.htm - 33k
Sadducees (14 Occurrences)
... This want of manners is not a characteristic usually associated with an aristocracy,
or with supple diplomats, yet it suits what we find in the New Testament. ...
/s/sadducees.htm - 31k
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