1. (v.) To move or wave, as a weapon; as to brandish a shotgun; to shake or flourish.

2. (n.) To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms.

3. (n.) A flourish, as with a weapon, whip, etc.

660. apotinasso -- to shake off
... Word Origin from apo and tinasso (to shake, brandish) Definition to shake off
NASB Word Usage shake...off (1), shook...off (1). shake off. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/660.htm - 6k5774. uwph -- to fly
... to fly. Transliteration: uwph Phonetic Spelling: (oof) Short Definition: brandish.
brandish, be wax faint, flee away, fly away, set, shine forth, weary ...
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5774a. uph -- to fly
... root Definition to fly NASB Word Usage brandish (1), flew (4), flies (3), flies
away (2), fly (4), fly away (3), flying (6), set (1), swoop down (1). ...
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7477. raal -- to quiver, shake, reel
... terribly shake. A primitive root; to reel, ie (figuratively) to brandish -- terribly
shake. 7476, 7477. raal. 7478 . Strong's Numbers.
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Psalm VII.
... heart shall have treasured up for themselves anger in the day of anger, and revelation
of the righteous judgment of God, [254] then He will brandish His sword ...
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Humbly Inscribed to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, one of his ...
... has Death proclaim'd. A truce, and hung his sated lance on high? 'Tis brandish'd
still; nor shall the present year. Be more tenacious of her human leaf, 62. ...
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Seemingly from the Dawn of Man all Nations have had Governments...
... To kill a man lawfully was unpardonable. The most bare-faced duelist might almost
brandish his weapon. But the executioner was always masked. ...
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Chapter ix.
... stedfastness in the Lord his God, those heretical enemies of the Old Testament,
when they wish to mock at it with sacrilegious mouth, brandish this above other ...
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That There is but one God, and that There Cannot be More.
... lyre; Jupiter will not claim medicine, nor Æsculapius the thunderbolt: he will more
easily endure it when thrown by another, than he will brandish it himself. ...
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Love Strong as Death
... They both approaching his sick-bed,. His watchful Angel o'er his head.
Brandish'd his bright angelic blade,. That neither could the saint invade. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/clxxxvi love strong as death.htm

Petilianus Said: "Here You have the Fullest Possible Proof that a ...
... in the streets, jesting, drinking, passing the whole night in company with women
who have no husbands, they have learned not only to brandish cudgels, but to ...
/.../chapter 89 194 petilianus.htm

Letter xvi. (AD 390)
... me it almost seems at this time as if a second campaign of Actium had begun, in
which Egyptian monsters, doomed soon to perish, dare to brandish their weapons ...
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Epistle Liv. To Cornelius, Concerning Fortunatus and Felicissimus ...
... with which they daily wound themselves and their own life; I do not tremble at their
clubs and stones and swords, which they brandish with parricidal words: as ...
/.../cyprian/the epistles of cyprian/epistle liv to cornelius concerning.htm

Letter iii. To Rufinus the Monk.
... in weakness." [55] He will hold out threats of death; but the reply will be: "I
desire to depart and to be with Christ." [56] He will brandish his fiery darts ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter iii to rufinus the.htm

Brandish (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (v.) To move or wave, as a weapon; as to brandish a shotgun; to shake or flourish.
2. (n.) To play with; to flourish; as, to brandish syllogisms. ...
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Javelin (16 Occurrences)
... (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV). Psalms 35:3 Brandish the spear and block those who
pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation." (See RSV NIV). ...
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Wave (65 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
5. (vt) To move one way and the other; to brandish. 6 ...
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Flourish (26 Occurrences)
... 10. (vt) To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles
or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish. 11. ...
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Bless (174 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences. 8. (vt) To esteem or
account happy; to felicitate. 9. (vt) To wave; to brandish. Int. ...
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Brandished (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Brandish. Multi-Version Concordance
Brandished (5 Occurrences). 2 Samuel 23:18 And Abishai ...
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Branding (3 Occurrences)

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Swing (3 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword;
to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business. ...
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Shudder (8 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 32:10 Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you, and their kings shall
be horribly afraid for you, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and ...
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Block (22 Occurrences)
... I am Yahweh. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 35:3 Brandish the
spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation." (WEB) ...
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Brandish (4 Occurrences)

Psalms 35:3 Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, "I am your salvation."
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 10:15 Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 32:10 Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 9:13 For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
(See RSV)

Brandish

Javelin (16 Occurrences)

Wave (65 Occurrences)

Flourish (26 Occurrences)

Bless (174 Occurrences)

Brandished (5 Occurrences)

Branding (3 Occurrences)

Swing (3 Occurrences)

Shudder (8 Occurrences)

Block (22 Occurrences)

Horribly (3 Occurrences)

Appalled (31 Occurrences)

Downfall (46 Occurrences)

Deliverance (86 Occurrences)

Spear (55 Occurrences)

Amazed (75 Occurrences)

Horror (51 Occurrences)

Moment (71 Occurrences)

Tremble (92 Occurrences)

Pursue (104 Occurrences)

Brandishing (3 Occurrences)

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