Cunning
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Cunning (43 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as,
cunning work. ... 4. (a.) Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy. ...
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Craftiness (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose;
cunning; artifice; stratagem. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Cunningly (3 Occurrences)
... (adv.) In a cunning manner; with cunning. ... Psalms 64:6 They plot injustice, saying,
"We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning. ...
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Craft (14 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice;
guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd ...
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Sleight (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Cunning; craft; artful practice; as,
sleight of hand. 2. (n.) An artful trick; sly artifice; a ...
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Subtilty (9 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Cunning; skill; craft. 4. (n.) Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning
design or artifice; a trick; subtlety. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Unscrupulous (2 Occurrences)
... Acts 13:10 said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and unscrupulous
cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that is right--will you never ...
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Overreach (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To deceive, or get the better of, by artifice or cunning; to outwit; to
cheat. 3. (vi) To reach too far. ... 6. (vi) To cheat by cunning or deception. ...
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Workman (22 Occurrences)
... For "of ("with") cunning work" (Exodus 26:1, 31; Exodus 28:6, 15; 36:8, 35; 39:3,
8), the American Standard Revised Version has "the work of the skillful ...
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Workfellow (1 Occurrence)
... For "of ("with") cunning work" (Exodus 26:1, 31; Exodus 28:6, 15; 36:8, 35; 39:3,
8), the American Standard Revised Version has "the work of the skillful ...
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Worker (36 Occurrences)
... For "of ("with") cunning work" (Exodus 26:1, 31; Exodus 28:6, 15; 36:8, 35; 39:3,
8), the American Standard Revised Version has "the work of the skillful ...
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Fox (2 Occurrences)
... in Palestine. The proverbial cunning of the fox is alluded to in Ezek.
13:4 ... sea fox. See Shark. 4. (n.) A sly, cunning fellow. 5. (n ...
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Trick (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance;
a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade. ...
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Rachel (42 Occurrences)
... Though she succeeded by her cunning in concealing them from Laban, Jacob later,
upon discovering them, had them put away (35:2-4). In spite of all, she ...
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Embroiderers (1 Occurrence)
... Exodus 35:35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work,
of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue ...
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Devise (41 Occurrences)
... Exodus 35:35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work,
of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue ...
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Policy (3 Occurrences)
... based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor;
hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem. ...
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Crafty (15 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. 3. (a.) Skillful at deceiving others;
characterized by craft; cunning; wily. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Curious (18 Occurrences)
... thought," "device," "design," is translated "curious," Exodus 35:32 the King James
Version "curious works"; the English Revised Version "cunning"; the American ...
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Artificer (13 Occurrences)
... a silversmith. 2. (n.) One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor,
or framer. 3. (n.) A cunning or artful fellow. 4. (n.) A ...
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Shrewd (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Astute; sharp; wily; cunning; as, a shrewd politician. ...
(WEB NIV). Psalms 83:3 They conspire with cunning against your people. ...
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Subtlety (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The quality or state of being subtle, or sly;
cunning; craftiness; artfulness. 2. (n.) Nice discernment ...
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Skill (26 Occurrences)
... The adjective skillful is used in corresponding senses, especially in the American
Standard Revised Version, where it takes the place of "cunning" (Exodus 26:31 ...
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Skilful (38 Occurrences)
... The adjective skillful is used in corresponding senses, especially in the American
Standard Revised Version, where it takes the place of "cunning" (Exodus 26:31 ...
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Vail (44 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:31 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linen of cunning work: with cherubim shall it be made: (KJV WBS YLT). ...
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Plot (53 Occurrences)
... Selah. (Root in DBY RSV). Psalms 64:6 They plot injustice, saying, "We have made
a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Herod (45 Occurrences)
... His son Antipater, who succeeded him, possessed al the cunning, resourcefulness
and unbridled ambition of his son Herod the Great. ...
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Asmoneans
... and trust. His military talent was marvelous, his cunning baffling, his courage
leonine, his swiftness that of the eagle. He reminds ...
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Jacob (361 Occurrences)
... an enterprising hunter. His dealing with Esau, however, showed much mean
selfishness and cunning (Genesis 25:29-34). When Isaac ...
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Kinds (110 Occurrences)
... Acts 13:10 and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil,
you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of ...
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Knowing (547 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Know. 2. (a.) Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a
knowing man; a knowing dog. 3. (a.) Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. ...
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Knavery (2 Occurrences)
... Acts 18:14 But, when Paul was about to begin his defence, Gallio said to the Jews,
"If it had been some wrongful act or piece of cunning knavery I might ...
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Nehemiah (9 Occurrences)
... sagacity and high courage were very Markedly shown in the arrangement with which
he carried through the rebuilding of the wall and balked the cunning plans of ...
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Unprincipled (4 Occurrences)
... in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind
of that teaching which is in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a ...
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Old (3966 Occurrences)
... centuries old. 6. (superl.) Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced;
cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. 7. (superl.) Long ...
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Orator (3 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Isaiah 3:3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor,
and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. (KJV WBS). ...
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Outwit (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To surpass in wisdom, esp. in cunning; to
defeat or overreach by superior craft. 2. (n.) The faculty ...
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Jehu (63 Occurrences)
... By a cunning stratagem he cut off all the worshippers of Baal found in Samaria
(2 Kings 10:19-25), and destroyed the temple of the idol (2 Kings 10:27). ...
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Joints (7 Occurrences)
... O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work
of the hands of a cunning workman. (KJV WBS). Ezekiel 13:18 ...
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Leasing (2 Occurrences)
... In Psalm 5:6 David is referring to the cunning, treachery, and falsehood of his
adversaries; compare 2 Samuel 13:28; 2 Samuel 15:7-9. Doubtless David had a ...
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Guile (21 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity;
wile; deceit; treachery. 2. (n.) To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. ...
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Well-conceived (1 Occurrence)
... Well-conceived (1 Occurrence). Psalms 64:6 They plot injustice, saying, "We have
made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning. (See NAS). ...
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Wily (2 Occurrences)
... Wily (2 Occurrences). Job 5:13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the
counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. (See JPS DBY RSV NIV). ...
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Waves (43 Occurrences)
... resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind
of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use ...
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Witty (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful;
judicious; clever; cunning. 2. (n.) Especially, possessing ...
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World's (21 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Corinthians 3:19 This world's wisdom is "foolishness" in God's sight; for
it is written, "He snares the wise with their own cunning." (WEY). ...
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Wrongful (2 Occurrences)
... Acts 18:14 But, when Paul was about to begin his defence, Gallio said to the Jews,
"If it had been some wrongful act or piece of cunning knavery I might ...
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Injustices (1 Occurrence)
... Injustices (1 Occurrence). Psalms 64:6 They plot injustice, saying, "We have made
a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning. (See NAS). ...
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Injustice (32 Occurrences)
... (WEB NIV). Psalms 64:6 They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect
plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning. (WEB NAS NIV). ...
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Fraud (15 Occurrences)
... Acts 13:10 and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil,
you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of ...
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Fro (54 Occurrences)
... we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every
wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby ...
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Foe (23 Occurrences)
... Acts 13:10 said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and unscrupulous
cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that is right--will you never ...
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Favoured (8 Occurrences)
... Daniel 1:4 Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all
wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ...
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Feat (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) An act; a deed; an exploit. 2. (n.) A striking act of strength, skill,
or cunning; a trick; as, feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity. ...
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Thwarted (3 Occurrences)
... Thwarted (3 Occurrences). Job 5:13 He takes the wise in their own craftiness;
the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. (See NAS). ...
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Tricks (9 Occurrences)
... (BBE). 2 Corinthians 4:2 Nay, we have renounced the secrecy which marks a feeling
of shame. We practice no cunning tricks, nor do we adulterate God's Message. ...
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Tyre (59 Occurrences)
... Both Tyre and Sidon "were crowded with glass-shops, dyeing and weaving establishments;
and among their cunning workmen not the least important class were those ...
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Resemble (15 Occurrences)
... resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind
of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use ...
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Reasonably (2 Occurrences)
... Acts 18:14 But, when Paul was about to begin his defence, Gallio said to the Jews,
"If it had been some wrongful act or piece of cunning knavery I might ...
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Raven (7 Occurrences)
... In Pliny's day, ravens had been taught to speak, and as an instance of their cunning
he records that in time of drought a raven found a bucket containing a ...
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Fourscore (33 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 25:7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed
in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred ...
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Embroidery (12 Occurrences)
... Another word, choshebh, is used to describe a skillful weaver. "Cunning work" in
the King James Version of Exodus 26:1, 31; Exodus 28:6, 15; 35:33, 15; 36:8, 35 ...
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Eloquent (4 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 3:3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor,
and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. (KJV WBS). ...
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Esau (89 Occurrences)
... Esau had so recklessly disposed of his birthright, he afterward would have secured
from Isaac the blessing that appertained, had not the cunning of Rebekah ...
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Enchantment (4 Occurrences)
... incantations. Used as a derivative noun this Hebrew word means "a serpent."
This involves the idea of cunning and subtlety. Although ...
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Endued (7 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV). 2 Chronicles 2:13 And now I have sent a cunning man,
endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV). ...
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Deep (237 Occurrences)
... plot. 5. (superl.) of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial;
thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. 6. (superl ...
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Devised (35 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT). Psalms 64:6 They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a
perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning. (See NIV). ...
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Defence (48 Occurrences)
... Acts 18:14 But, when Paul was about to begin his defence, Gallio said to the Jews,
"If it had been some wrongful act or piece of cunning knavery I might ...
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Deceit (160 Occurrences)
... Acts 13:10 and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil,
you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of ...
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Device (17 Occurrences)
... resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind
of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use ...
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Misrepresent (2 Occurrences)
... Acts 13:10 said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and unscrupulous
cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that is right--will you never ...
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Marks (25 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 4:2 Nay, we have renounced the secrecy which marks a feeling of shame.
We practice no cunning tricks, nor do we adulterate God's Message. ...
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Management (7 Occurrences)
... 3. (v.) Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or
address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense. ...
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Mariners (7 Occurrences)
... resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind
of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use ...
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Mislead (13 Occurrences)
... resemble mariners tossed on the waves and carried about with every changing wind
of doctrine according to men's cleverness and unscrupulous cunning, making use ...
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Paths (65 Occurrences)
... Acts 13:10 said, "You who are full of every kind of craftiness and unscrupulous
cunning--you son of the Devil and foe to all that is right--will you never ...
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Pervert (18 Occurrences)
... Acts 13:10 and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil,
you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of ...
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Phenicia (1 Occurrence)
... fragments of pottery and Phoenician Marks painted on the massive blocks seem to
proclaim that the stones were prepared in the quarry by the cunning workmen of ...
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