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Anchor (4 Occurrences)
... The Roman anchor, like the modern one, had two teeth or flukes. ... It is an emblem of
hope. "If you fear, Put all your trust in God: that anchor holds.". ...
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Anchored (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Anchor. 2. (a.) Held by an anchor; at anchor; held safely; as,
an anchored bark; also, shaped like an anchor; forked; as, an anchored tongue. ...
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Drag (19 Occurrences)
... vi) To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved
onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does ...
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Cat
... 3. (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. ... See below.
7. (vt) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor. Int. ...
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Warp (9 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To weave; to fabricate. 5. (vt) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line,
or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object. ...
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Fish (66 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The flesh of fish, used as food. 7. (n.) A purchase used to fish the anchor. ...
11. (vt) To catch; to draw out or up; as, to fish up an anchor. 12. ...
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Passes (74 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEB DBY NAS RSV). Hebrews 6:19 That hope we have as an anchor
of the soul--an anchor that can neither break nor drag. It ...
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Bend (29 Occurrences)
... subdue. 5. (vt) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard
or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. 6. (vi ...
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Bite (13 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground. ...
10. (vi) To take or keep a firm hold; as, the anchor bites. 11. ...
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Ancestry (7 Occurrences)

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Behind (188 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 6:19 That hope we have as an anchor of the soul--an anchor that can neither
break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil, (WEY RSV NIV). ...
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Break (257 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 6:19 That hope we have as an anchor of the soul--an anchor that can
neither break nor drag. It passes in behind the veil, (WEY). ...
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Viol (2 Occurrences)
... stopping the strings. 2. (n.) A large rope sometimes used in weighing anchor.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. VIOL. vi'-ol (nebhel ...
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Vail (44 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS YLT). Hebrews 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure
and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail; (WBS YLT). ...
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Nut (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) The tumbler of a gunlock. 4. (n.) A projection on each side of the shank
of an anchor, to secure the stock in place. 5. (vi) To gather nuts. ...
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Obtained (61 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their
purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore. ...
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Lowered (14 Occurrences)
... Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the
sea anchor, and so were driven along. (WEB WEY ASV DBY RSV NIV). ...
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Weighed (44 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their
purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore. ...
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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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Inner (141 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast
and entering into that which is within the veil; (See RSV NIV). ...
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Fearing (107 Occurrences)
... Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea
anchor, and so were driven along. (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Tripping (1 Occurrence)
... 5. (n.) A light dance. 6. (n.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means
of its cable or buoy rope. Multi-Version Concordance Tripping (1 Occurrence). ...
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Touch (82 Occurrences)
... 38. (n.) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under
Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the ...
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Tore (59 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) The solid enclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes called an anchor
ring. Multi-Version Concordance Tore (59 Occurrences). ...
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Throat (13 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) That end of a gaff which is next the mast. 7. (n.) The angle where the arm
of an anchor is joined to the shank. 8. (n.) The inside of a timber knee. ...
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Trip (4 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict. 8. (vt) To raise (an anchor)
from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free. ...
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Reinforce (2 Occurrences)
... ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they
lowered the sea anchor, and so were driven along. (WEB). ...
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Road (155 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore;
a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads. Int. ...
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Ropes (32 Occurrences)
... ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered
the sea anchor, and so were driven along. (See NIV). ...
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Enters (44 Occurrences)
... (See RSV NIV). Hebrews 6:19 which we have, as an anchor of the soul, both sure and
stedfast, and entering into that within the vail, (See NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Entereth (40 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV WBS). Hebrews 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure
and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; (KJV WBS). ...
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Dolphin
... 5. (n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships
may fasten their cables. 6. (n.) A mooring post on a wharf or beach. ...
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Driven (128 Occurrences)
... Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the sea
anchor, and so were driven along. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Palm (49 Occurrences)
... fingers. 5. (n.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke. 6. (n.) Any endogenous
tree of the order Palmae or Palmaceae; a palm tree. ...
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Peak (1 Occurrence)
... etc. 4. (n.) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
5. (n.) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. 6. (vi ...
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Bars (50 Occurrences)
... ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered
the sea anchor, and so were driven along. (WEB NIV). ...
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Bill (9 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) One who wields a bill; a billman. 8. (n.) A pickax, or mattock. 9. (n.)
The extremity of the arm of an anchor; the point of or beyond the fluke. 10. ...
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Blew (37 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their
purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore. ...
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Beam (17 Occurrences)
... called the fore beam, the other the back beam. 8. (n.) The straight part
or shank of an anchor. 9. (n.) The main part of a plow, to ...
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Chios (1 Occurrence)
... over against Chios," it has been conjectured that they were becalmed; more probably
it simply means that, because of the dark moon, they lay at anchor for the ...
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Crossbar (2 Occurrences)
... (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock
which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down ...
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Cables (1 Occurrence)
... Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered
the sea anchor, and so were driven along. (WEB WEY NAS). ...
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Club (7 Occurrences)
... 11. (vi) To drift in a current with an anchor out. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
CLUB. klub. See ARMOR, III, 1; SHEPHERD; STAFF. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Crown (94 Occurrences)
... apex only. 14. (n.) Same as Corona. 15. (n.) That part of an anchor where
the arms are joined to the shank. 16. (n.) The rounding ...
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Curtain (60 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast
and entering into that which is within the veil; (See RSV NIV). ...
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Aground (5 Occurrences)
... Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered
the sea anchor, and so were driven along. (WEB DBY NAS NIV). ...
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Aboard (10 Occurrences)
... ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered
the sea anchor, and so were driven along. (See NIV). ...
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Arm (110 Occurrences)
... steelyard. 7. (n.) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which
ends in the fluke. 8. (n.) An inlet of water from the sea. ...
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Sheer (2 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it.
10. (n.) A turn or change in a course. 11. (n.) Shears See Shear. ...
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Shrine (34 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast
and entering into that which is within the veil; (See RSV). ...
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Supposing (16 Occurrences)
... (WBS). Acts 27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained
their purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore. ...
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Shallows (1 Occurrence)
... ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered
the sea anchor, and so were driven along. (See NAS). ...
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Sand (40 Occurrences)
... Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the
sea anchor, and so were driven along. (WEB KJV WEY WBS YLT NIV). ...
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Steadfast (194 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast
and entering into that which is within the veil; (WEB WBS NAS RSV). ...
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Swing (3 Occurrences)
... 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. ...
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Spare (80 Occurrences)
... 12. (vt) Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare
bed or room. 13. (vt) Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt. 14. ...
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Supporting (31 Occurrences)
... ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered
the sea anchor, and so were driven along. (See NAS). ...
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Stock (16 Occurrences)
... fitted; a plane stock. 9. (n.) The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the
shank of an anchor is attached. 10. (n.) The support of ...
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Softly (10 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their
purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore. ...
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Station (78 Occurrences)
... species naturally occurs; a habitat. 8. (n.) A place to which ships may resort,
and where they may anchor safely. 9. (n.) A place or ...
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Samothrace (1 Occurrence)
... At the northern end of Samothrace was a town where the ship could anchor for the
night, and on the return journey (Acts 20:6) a landing may have been made, but ...
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Shoe (13 Occurrences)
... and gib. 13. (n.) To furnish with a shoe or shoes; to put a shoe or shoes
on; as, to shoe a horse, a sled, an anchor. 14. (n.) To ...
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Signal (18 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders. 6. (vt) To notify by a
signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. ...
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Sailed (28 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their
purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore. ...
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Stedfast (84 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast,
and which entereth into that within the veil; (KJV ASV YLT). ...
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Itself (203 Occurrences)
... ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered
the sea anchor, and so were driven along. (See NIV). ...
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Secure (78 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Hebrews 6:19 which we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and
firm, and entering into that within the veil, (DBY NIV). ...
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Shore (45 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their
purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore. ...
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Wanted (73 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their
purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore. ...
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Blow (124 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Acts 27:13 And the south wind blowing gently, supposing that they had gained
their object, having weighed anchor they sailed close in shore along Crete. ...
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South (170 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their
purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore. ...
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Firm (111 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 6:19 which we have as anchor of the soul, both secure and firm, and entering
into that within the veil, (DBY NIV). James 5:8 You also be patient. ...
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Entering (124 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast
and entering into that which is within the veil; (WEB ASV DBY YLT). ...
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Boats (11 Occurrences)
... a necessity in the circumstances), (7) further lightening the ship by throwing the
wheat into the sea (Acts 27:38), (8) cutting the anchor cables, unlashing ...
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Ships (46 Occurrences)
... a necessity in the circumstances), (7) further lightening the ship by throwing the
wheat into the sea (Acts 27:38), (8) cutting the anchor cables, unlashing ...
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Purpose (448 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their
purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore. ...
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Crete (7 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:13 When the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their
purpose, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, close to shore. ...
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Veil (67 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 6:19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast
and entering into that which is within the veil; (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/veil.htm - 35k

Passed (329 Occurrences)
... ship. Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered
the sea anchor, and so were driven along. (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/passed.htm - 34k

Run (147 Occurrences)
... Fearing that they would run aground on the Syrtis sand bars, they lowered the
sea anchor, and so were driven along. (WEB BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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