Swimming (8 Occurrences)

Swimming

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Bible Concordance

Acts 27:42 Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.
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Acts 27:43 But the captain, desiring to keep Paul safe, kept them from their purpose, and gave orders that those who had knowledge of swimming were to go off the ship and get first to land:
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Leviticus 11:9 These you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin formed of thin plates, may be used for food.
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Leviticus 11:12 Anything in the water which has no special parts for swimming and no thin plates on its skin is disgusting to you.
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Deuteronomy 14:9 And of the things living in the waters, you may take all those who have wings for swimming with and skins formed of thin plates.
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Deuteronomy 14:10 But any which have no skin-plates or wings for swimming, you may not take; they are unclean for you.
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Isaiah 25:11 And if he puts out his hands, like a man stretching out his hands in swimming, the Lord will make low his pride, however expert his designs.
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Ezekiel 47:5 Again, after his measuring a thousand, it became a river which it was not possible to go through: for the waters had become deep enough for swimming, a river it was not possible to go through.
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Thesaurus

Swimming (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swim. 2. (a.) That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to,
or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion. ...
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Swim (8 Occurrences)
... a fluid. 5. (vi) To be filled with swimming animals. 6. (vt) To pass or
move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream. 7. (vt ...
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Plates (19 Occurrences)
... you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the
water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin ...
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Wing (18 Occurrences)
... modified for flight, but in the case of a few species of birds, as the ostrich,
auk, etc., the wings are used only as an assistance in running or swimming. ...
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Birds (125 Occurrences)
... In the case of a few birds that do not fly, the wings are beaten to assist in attaining
speed in running, as the ostrich, or to help in swimming under the water ...
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Formed (91 Occurrences)
... you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the
water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin ...
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Wings (81 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 14:9 And of the things living in the waters, you may take all those
who have wings for swimming with and skins formed of thin plates. (BBE). ...
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Thin (39 Occurrences)
... you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the
water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin ...
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Special (89 Occurrences)
... you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the
water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin ...
/s/special.htm - 34k

Skin (115 Occurrences)
... you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the
water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin ...
/s/skin.htm - 44k

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swim.

2. (a.) That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.

3. (a.) Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.

4. (n.) The act of one who swims.

5. (a.) Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.

6. (n.) Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head.

Greek

2861. kolumbethra -- a pool
... a pool. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kolumbethra Phonetic Spelling:
(kol-oom-bay'-thrah) Short Definition: a pool, swimming-place Definition ...
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1579. ekkolumbao -- to swim out of
... swim out. From ek and kolumbao; to escape by swimming -- swim out. see GREEK ek.
see GREEK kolumbao. (ekkolumbesas) -- 1 Occurrence. 1578, 1579. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7813. sachu -- swimming
... swimming. Transliteration: sachu Phonetic Spelling: (saw'-khoo) Short Definition:
swim. Word Origin from sachah Definition swimming NASB Word Usage swim (1). ...
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Library

The Manichæan Fictions About Things Good and Evil are not ...
... waters, another of winds, another of fire, another of smoke; to the animals born
in each of these elements,"serpents in the darkness, swimming creatures in ...
/.../chapter 9 name manichaean fictions.htm

Voyage to China
... I had felt it a duty to comply with the earnest wish of my beloved and honoured
mother, and for her sake to procure a swimming-belt. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a retrospect/chapter viii voyage to china.htm

Parasitism.
... filaments protrude. Its four hind limbs entirely disappear, and twelve
short-forked swimming organs temporarily take their place. Thus ...
/.../drummond/natural law in the spiritual world/parasitism.htm

A Religious Person is not Perfect by his Profession. ...
... and celestial happiness to a most delicious paradise, divided from this desert by
a deep and tempestuous river, which must necessarily be passed by swimming. ...
/.../chapter v a religious person.htm

Manichæus Got the Arrangement of his Fanciful Notions from ...
... Then the idea of swimming things in the water might easily be got here, and applied
to the fanciful objects in that region; and so of flying things in the winds ...
/.../chapter 32 name got the.htm

The Creation of Moving Creatures.
... given, and immediately the rivers and lakes becoming fruitful brought forth their
natural broods; the sea travailed with all kinds of swimming creatures; not ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily vii the creation of.htm

I Might Well Reply as I have done Even if it were a Question of a ...
... Often I have seen myself in dreams dead and placed in the grave: often I have flown
over the earth and been carried as if swimming through the air, over ...
/.../31 i might well reply.htm

How Herod Upon his Making Aristobulus High Priest Took Care that ...
... At first they were only spectators of Herod's servants and acquaintance as they
were swimming; but after a while, the young man, at the instigation of Herod ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 how herod upon.htm

The Creation of Fowl and Water Animals.
... We conclude that, by their nature, swimming creatures appear only to have an
imperfect life, because they live in the thick element of water. ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily viii the creation of.htm

Arria and Her Brother were Far from the Shores of Hellas and Near ...
... Yonder is an island. We shall soon be near it, and by swimming he may save his life.". ...
They could see him rise and turn towards the isle, swimming. ...
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Subtopics

Swimming

Related Terms

Swim (8 Occurrences)

Plates (19 Occurrences)

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Birds (125 Occurrences)

Formed (91 Occurrences)

Wings (81 Occurrences)

Thin (39 Occurrences)

Special (89 Occurrences)

Skin (115 Occurrences)