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Play (61 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to
gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes. 4. (n.) To perform ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/play.htm - 28k

Frolic (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A wild prank; a flight of levity, or of gayety and mirth. 3. (n.) A scene
of gayety and mirth, as in lively play, or in dancing; a merrymaking. ...
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Scene (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater
in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/scene.htm - 8k

Playing (37 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Play. 2. (a. & vb. N.)
of Play. Multi-Version Concordance Playing (37 Occurrences). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/playing.htm - 18k

Prostitute (83 Occurrences)
... Exodus 34:15 "Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they
play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/prostitute.htm - 33k

Wanton (20 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman. 8. (vi) To rove and ramble without
restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/wanton.htm - 13k

Astray (116 Occurrences)
... Exodus 34:15 lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they
play the harlot after their gods, and sacrifice unto their gods, and one call ...
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Game (11 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest;
as, a game at cards. ... 12. (n.) To play at any sport or diversion. 13. ...
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Indulge (12 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 10:7 Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written,
"The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/indulge.htm - 10k

Thumb (7 Occurrences)
... See Pollex. 2. (vt) To handle awkwardly. 3. (vt) To play with the thumbs,
or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune. ...
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Act (204 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play
or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/act.htm - 36k

Merry (38 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (superl.) Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor
and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play ; sportive. ...
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Skilful (38 Occurrences)
... To play well (Hebrew heTibhu naggen), is rendered "play skillfully" (Psalm 33:3).
"Unskillful" is used with reference to the uninitiated in the sense of ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/skilful.htm - 21k

Ir-ha-heres
... an independent appellation, or whether, more probably, it bore some relation to
the name of that city at the time at which the prophet wrote, a play upon the ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/ir-ha-heres.htm - 12k

Prostitution (48 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 16:34 You are different from other women in your prostitution, in that no
one follows you to play the prostitute; and whereas you give hire, and no ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/prostitution.htm - 22k

Irhaheres
... an independent appellation, or whether, more probably, it bore some relation to
the name of that city at the time at which the prophet wrote, a play upon the ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/irhaheres.htm - 13k

Played (50 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Play. Multi-Version Concordance
Played (50 Occurrences). Matthew 11:17 and say,'We played ...
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Games (2 Occurrences)
... Egyptian Collections, 78). The question of Yahweh to Job (41:5): "Wilt
thou play with him (the crocodile) as with a bird? or wilt ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/games.htm - 40k

Sport (99 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy;
a plaything; an object of mockery. 4. (n.) Play; idle jingle. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sport.htm - 35k

Unfaithfulness (27 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made
the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, and led Judah astray. ...
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Wantonly (8 Occurrences)
... remember all the commandments of Yahweh, and do them; and that you not follow after
your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to play the prostitute ...
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Flute (16 Occurrences)
... 7. (vi) To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound. 8. (vt) To play,
whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute. ...
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Thrum (2 Occurrences)
... or tufted surface. 8. (vi) To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed
instrument with the fingers; to strum. 9. (vi) Hence, to ...
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Touch (82 Occurrences)
... 12. (vt) To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument
of music. 13. (vt) To perform, as a tune; to play. 14. ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/touch.htm - 35k

Trump (2 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A good fellow; an excellent person. 6. (vi) To play a trump card
when one of another suit has been led. 7. (vt) To play...
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Rogue (2 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A worthless plant occurring among seedlings of some choice variety. 6.
(vi) To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rogue.htm - 7k

Revelry (8 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Corinthians 10:7 Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written,
"The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/revelry.htm - 8k

Destruction (734 Occurrences)
... The name `ir ha-herec, "the city of overthrow," is evidently a play upon `ir
ha-cherec, "city of the sun," a designation of Heliopolis (same meaning; compare ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/destruction.htm - 39k

Dally
... Wisdom of Solomon 12:26: "But they that would not be reformed by that correction
wherein he dallied with them" (paigniois epitimeseos, "child play of correction ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/dally.htm - 7k

Double (49 Occurrences)
... 13. (vi) To play tricks; to use sleights; to play false. 14. (vi) To set up a
word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet. 15. ...
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Daughters-in-law (5 Occurrences)
... the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oak and poplar and terebinth,
because the shade thereof is good; therefore your daughters play the harlot ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/daughters-in-law.htm - 8k

Dandle
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To move up and down on one's knee or
in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant. 2. (vt ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/dandle.htm - 6k

Manuscripts
... have also their text problem, and manuscripts of the versions and of the church
Fathers, and other ancient writers who refer to Biblical matters, play the same ...
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Madmen (3 Occurrences)
... mad'-men (madhmen; kai pausin pausetai): A town in Moab against which Jeremiah
prophesied (48:2). The play upon the words here suggests a possible error in ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/madmen.htm - 8k

Perform (155 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform
a promise or a vow. 3. (vt) To represent; to act; to play; as in drama. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/perform.htm - 41k

Plays (4 Occurrences)
... Plays (4 Occurrences). 1 Samuel 16:17 And Saul said unto his servants: 'Provide
me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.' (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/plays.htm - 7k

Prostituting (1 Occurrence)
... Leviticus 20:5 then I will set my face against that man, and against his family,
and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him, to play the ...
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Part (2071 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification;
also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play...
biblethesaurus.org/p/part.htm - 12k

Brides (3 Occurrences)
... shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides
commit adultery. (WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV). Hosea 4:14 I ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/brides.htm - 7k

Bowl (44 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in
play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give ...
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Cage (3 Occurrences)
... is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind." In Job (Job 41:5) we find these
lines "Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cage.htm - 10k

Cast (640 Occurrences)
... 18. (vt) To stereotype or electrotype. 19. (vt) To fix, distribute, or allot, as
the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part. 20. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cast.htm - 41k

Scrape (3 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by
drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/scrape.htm - 9k

Skill (26 Occurrences)
... To play well (Hebrew heTibhu naggen), is rendered "play skillfully" (Psalm 33:3).
"Unskillful" is used with reference to the uninitiated in the sense of ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/skill.htm - 19k

Seemeth (36 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for
the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/seemeth.htm - 18k

Lewd (37 Occurrences)
... they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart,
which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the prostitute ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/lewd.htm - 20k

Daughters (246 Occurrences)
... Exodus 34:16 and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play
the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute ...
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Samson (37 Occurrences)
... the Philistines. The Philistines, however, showed they could play with fire,
too, and burned his wife and her father. Thereupon, Samson ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/samson.htm - 37k

Speaketh (367 Occurrences)
... Genesis 39:14 that she calleth for the men of her house, and speaketh to them, saying,
'See, he hath brought in to us a man, a Hebrew, to play with us; he hath ...
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Adultery (49 Occurrences)
... good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit
adultery. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Hosea ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/adultery.htm - 32k

Samuel (129 Occurrences)
... The play upon the name in 1 Samuel 1:20 is not intended of course to be an explanation
of its meaning, but is similar to the play upon the name Moses in Exodus ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/samuel.htm - 90k

Wives (159 Occurrences)
... Exodus 34:16 and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play
the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/wives.htm - 38k

Gad (78 Occurrences)
... In the blessing of Jacob (Genesis 49:19) there is a play upon the name, as if it
meant "troop," or "marauding band." "Gad, a troop shall press upon him; but he ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gad.htm - 49k

Harlotry (37 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Numbers 25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began
to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab: (See JPS). ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/harlotry.htm - 17k

Harp (36 Occurrences)
... with the fingers. 2. (n.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre. 3. (n.) A
grain sieve. 4. (n.) To play on the harp. 5. (n.) To dwell ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/harp.htm - 20k

Molech (16 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 20:5 then I will set my face against that man, and against his family,
and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him, to play the ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/molech.htm - 24k

Greece (15 Occurrences)
... In Greece itself, fancy had free play in dealing with these divine beings, and the
myths were the main treasure-house from which the poet drew; the same myths ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/greece.htm - 59k

Harlot (87 Occurrences)
... strumpet. 4. (a.) Wanton; lewd; low; base. 5. (vi) To play the harlot; to
practice lewdness. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HARLOT. ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/harlot.htm - 46k

Jehovah (20094 Occurrences)
... rings. The Zion of the restored Israel is pictured with all the play of
color and richness of imagery at the prophet's command. ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/jehovah.htm - 38k

Practice (71 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV NIV). Ezekiel 23:43 Then said I of her who was old in adulteries, Now
will they play the prostitute with her, and she with them. (See RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/practice.htm - 28k

Gilgal (39 Occurrences)
... of the Jordan; and here (Joshua 5:5) the people were circumcised preparatory to
their possession of the land, when it is said in Joshua, with a play upon the ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gilgal.htm - 27k

Yahweh (6653 Occurrences)
... rings. The Zion of the restored Israel is pictured with all the play of
color and richness of imagery at the prophet's command. ...
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Servant (738 Occurrences)
... rings. The Zion of the restored Israel is pictured with all the play of
color and richness of imagery at the prophet's command. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/servant.htm - 67k

Prove (83 Occurrences)
... (KJV). 2 Samuel 10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the man for ou people,
and for the cities of our God: and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/prove.htm - 34k

Ancient (64 Occurrences)
... In Greece itself, fancy had free play in dealing with these divine beings, and the
myths were the main treasure-house from which the poet drew; the same myths ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ancient.htm - 98k

Gods (310 Occurrences)
... Exodus 34:15 "Don't make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, lest they
play the prostitute after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gods.htm - 60k

Old (3966 Occurrences)
... adamu, "to make," or "produce," hence, "the produced one," "the creature." The author
of Genesis 2:7 seems to associate it, rather by word-play than derivation ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/old.htm - 101k

Abominations (81 Occurrences)
... they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart,
which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the prostitute ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/abominations.htm - 35k

Youths (28 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 2:14 And Abner saith unto Joab, 'Let the youths rise, I pray thee, and
they play before us;' and Joab saith, 'Let them rise.' (YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/y/youths.htm - 14k

Mountains (221 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 21:11 Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made
the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, and led Judah astray. ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mountains.htm - 37k

Valiant (66 Occurrences)
... word (Numbers 24:18 Psalm 60:12, etc.); in one case in the King James Version of
chazaq (1 Chronicles 19:13, the American Standard Revised Version "play the man ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/valiant.htm - 28k

Vagabond (4 Occurrences)
... 4. (a.) Being a vagabond; strolling and idle or vicious. 5. (vi) To play the vagabond;
to wander like a vagabond; to stroll. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/vagabond.htm - 9k

Valiantly (9 Occurrences)
... word (Numbers 24:18 Psalm 60:12, etc.); in one case in the King James Version of
chazaq (1 Chronicles 19:13, the American Standard Revised Version "play the man ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/valiantly.htm - 10k

Viper's (3 Occurrences)
... Selah. (WEB). Isaiah 11:8 The nursing child will play near a cobra's hole, and the
weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den. (WEB DBY NAS NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/viper's.htm - 7k

Zaanan (1 Occurrence)
... In this sentence the prophet makes verbal play with the name, as if it were derived
from yatsa', "to go forth": "The inhabitant (margin "inhabitress") of tsa ...
biblethesaurus.org/z/zaanan.htm - 7k

Nearby (14 Occurrences)
... them, (See NIV). Job 40:20 Surely the mountains produce food for him, where
all the animals of the field play. (See NIV). Proverbs 27 ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/nearby.htm - 10k

Upharsin (1 Occurrence)
... Clermont-Ganneau. In this case the meaning was not so apparent, but the
puns, the play upon the sounds, were even better. We doubt ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/upharsin.htm - 11k

Out (29154 Occurrences)
... relation. 7. (a.) Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the
state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores. 8 ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/out.htm - 9k

On (40792 Occurrences)
... 4. (prep.) Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part,
or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with; as, to play on a violin or ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/on.htm - 17k

Oaks (14 Occurrences)
... its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your
brides commit adultery. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS). Amos 2:9 ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/oaks.htm - 10k




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