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Pretext (11 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Pretext (11 Occurrences). Mark 12:40 who devour
the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. ...
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Severer (4 Occurrences)
... Mark 12:40 who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. ... Luke
20:47 who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. ...
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Inasmuch (42 Occurrences)
... Daniel 6:4 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a pretext against
Daniel with respect to the kingdom; but they could not find any pretext or fault ...
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Zedekiah (63 Occurrences)
... in Zedekiah's 6th year, in his clairvoyant vision of the uncouth temple rites, as
it were a cesspool of idolatry, maintained under the pretext that Yahweh had ...
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Judgment (430 Occurrences)
... Mark 12:40 who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. ... Luke
20:47 who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. ...
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Naomi (25 Occurrences)
... The public treasury was often placed in Nanaea's temple; this, Epiphanes was anxious
to secure under the pretext of marrying the goddess and receiving the ...
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Nanaea
... The public treasury was often placed in Nanaea's temple; this, Epiphanes was anxious
to secure under the pretext of marrying the goddess and receiving the ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/nanaea.htm - 8k

Under (4325 Occurrences)
... 4. (prep.) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents
or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like ...
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Wishing (25 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 But the sailors wishing to flee out of the ship, and having let down
the boat into the sea under pretext of being about to carry out anchors from ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/wishing.htm - 13k

Rate (23 Occurrences)
... at any rate, in every way, whether in pretext or in truth, Christ is announced;
and in this I rejoice, yea, also I will rejoice; (DBY). ...
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Eglon (13 Occurrences)
... Under the pretext of carrying a present to the tyrant, he secured a private interview
and assassinated him with a two-edged sword which he had carried ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/eglon.htm - 13k

Discourse (25 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 2:5 For we have not at any time been among you with flattering
discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God is witness ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/discourse.htm - 14k

Mask (3 Occurrences)
... fencer's mask; a ball player's mask. 2. (n.) That which disguises; a pretext
or subterfuge. 3. (n.) A festive entertainment of dancing ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mask.htm - 8k

Pious (18 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as,
pious errors; pious frauds. Multi-Version Concordance Pious (18 Occurrences). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pious.htm - 11k

Plausible (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious;
as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion. ...
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Pretence (5 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument,
or reason; pretext; feint. 5. (n.) Intention; design. ...
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Pretensions (2 Occurrences)

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Pretexts (3 Occurrences)

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Peg (8 Occurrences)
... as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason;
a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon. 3. (n.) One ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/peg.htm - 9k

Prow (2 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 But the sailors wishing to flee out of the ship, and having let down
the boat into the sea under pretext of being about to carry out anchors from ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/prow.htm - 7k

Cloak (73 Occurrences)
... and by women. 2. (n.) That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse;
a fair pretense; a mask; a cover. 3. (vt) To cover ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cloak.htm - 30k

Crete (7 Occurrences)
... Its alliance with Mithradates the Great, and the help it gave to the Cilician pirates
gave Rome the pretext she desired for making war on Crete, and the island ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/crete.htm - 19k

Cover (254 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 2:5 for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have
known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God 'is' witness!) (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cover.htm - 40k

Speech (107 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 2:5 for at no time did we come with speech of flattery, (as ye have
known,) nor in a pretext for covetousness, (God 'is' witness!) (YLT NAS). ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/speech.htm - 36k

Carry (246 Occurrences)
... Acts 27:30 But the sailors wishing to flee out of the ship, and having let down
the boat into the sea under pretext of being about to carry out anchors from ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/carry.htm - 40k

Judah (802 Occurrences)
... The pretext alleged by the elders or sheikhs is the worthlessness and incapacity
of Samuel's sons, who he intended should succeed him (1 Samuel 8). The ...
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Unless (102 Occurrences)
... (See NAS NIV). Daniel 6:5 Then said these men, We shall not find any pretext against
this Daniel, unless we find it against him touching the law of his God. ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/unless.htm - 36k

Assyria (124 Occurrences)
... He corresponded with the Egyptian Pharaoh and married his daughter to the Bah king,
thereby providing for himself a pretext for interfering in the affairs of ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/assyria.htm - 101k

Jacob (361 Occurrences)
... the "teraphim" of Genesis 31:19, 34 are the same as the "gods" of 31:30, 32 and,
apparently, of 35:2, 4.) This theft furnished Laban with a pretext for pursuit ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/jacob.htm - 77k

Kingdom (409 Occurrences)
... The pretext alleged by the elders or sheikhs is the worthlessness and incapacity
of Samuel's sons, who he intended should succeed him (1 Samuel 8). The ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kingdom.htm - 101k

Marriage (74 Occurrences)
... "The position of women in that day was far from enviable. They could be divorced
on the slightest pretext, and had no recourse at law. ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/marriage.htm - 62k

Elamites (2 Occurrences)
... Unwilling to regard his former efforts as fruitless, the Assyrian king decided to
finally subdue the land, and to this end invaded it, the pretext being that ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/elamites.htm - 39k

Elam (24 Occurrences)
... Unwilling to regard his former efforts as fruitless, the Assyrian king decided to
finally subdue the land, and to this end invaded it, the pretext being that ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/elam.htm - 48k




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