Bible Dictionary: Fist

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow.

2. (n.) The talons of a bird of prey.

3. (n.) the index mark [/], used to direct special attention to the passage which follows.

4. (v. t.) To strike with the fist.

5. (v. t.) To gripe with the fist.

Greek

4435. pugme -- the fist
... pugme. 4436 . the fist. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pugme
Phonetic Spelling: (poog-may') Short Definition: the fist Definition: the fist. ...
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2852. kolaphizo -- to strike with the fist
... to strike with the fist. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kolaphizo Phonetic
Spelling: (kol-af-id'-zo) Short Definition: I strike with the fist, maltreat ...
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4438. pukteuo -- to box
... fight. From a derivative of the same as pugme; to box (with the fist), ie Contend
(as a boxer) at the games (figuratively) -- fight. see GREEK pugme. ...
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5180. tupto -- to strike, smite, beat
... by repeated blows; thus differing from paio and patasso, which denote a (usually
single) blow with the hand or any instrument, or plesso with the fist (or a ...
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Strong's Hebrew

106. egroph -- a fist
... a fist. Transliteration: egroph Phonetic Spelling: (eg-rofe') Short Definition:
fist. Word Origin from garaph Definition a fist NASB Word Usage fist (2). fist. ...
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1574. gomed -- a short cubit (from elbow to knuckles of clenched ...
... 1573, 1574. gomed. 1575 . a short cubit (from elbow to knuckles of clenched
fist). Transliteration: gomed Phonetic Spelling: (go'-med) Short Definition: cubit ...
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7062. qomets -- closed hand, fist
... 7061, 7062. qomets. 7063 . closed hand, fist. Transliteration: qomets
Phonetic Spelling: (ko'mets) Short Definition: handful. Word ...
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3027. yad -- hand
... discouraging* (1), do (1), done (2), encourage* (1), encouraged* (3), enough (1),
entrust* (1), entrusted (1), entrusted* (1), exhausted* (2), fist (1), force ...
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2651. chophen -- the hollow of the hand
... fists, both hands, handful. From an unused root of uncertain signification; a fist
(only in the dual) -- fists, (both) hands, hand(-ful). 2650, 2651. ...
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Library

Birth and Ancestors. Family Circumstances. "Fist and Skull" ...
... Family Circumstances. "Fist and Skull" Entertainment. Removal to Ohio and Return. ...
Birth and Ancestors. Family Circumstances. "Fist and Skull" Entertainment. ...
/.../chapter i birth and ancestors.htm

Men and Mannerisms
... Gladstone had a mannerism of striking the palm of his left hand with the clenched
fist of his other hand, so that often the emphatic word was lost in the noise ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kleiser/talks on talking/men and mannerisms.htm

Whether Fasting is an Act of virtue?
... the day of your fast your own will is founded," and a little further on (Is.58:4):
"You fast for debates and strife and strike with the fist wickedly." These ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether fasting is an act.htm

Talmage -- a Bloody Monster
... Blundering step in the hall! Door opens! Fiend, brandishing his fist, cries, "Out!
out! ... Rum tore up the carpets. Rum shook his fist. Rum desolated the hearth. ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 8/talmage a bloody monster.htm

Anti-Methodistic Attitude.
... from it reliable testimonies, immediately their anger begins to rise, their countenance
becomes disfigured, and, alas, with some already a fist is clenching ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bente/american lutheranism/anti-methodistic attitude.htm

On the Feast of St Augustine
... The first fist, with which he is threatened, is a darkness which comes over
him from within, while he is led by a dark and miserable road. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tauler/the inner way/sermon xviii on the feast.htm

Correspondences
... Nearer and nearer she drew to us (we were on the floor beside her); then she stretched
out her arm with its clenched fist, and swung it straight for my eye. ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter iv correspondences.htm

Sebastian Castellio: a Forgotten Prophet
... And what especially wouldst thou say if they debated not only with words but with
blows of fist and strokes of sword, and if some succeeded in killing and ...
/.../chapter vi sebastian castellio a.htm

Non-Resistants.
... of Scripture as truth, that no man, as an individual, has the right to render evil
for evil, or to enforce even his lawful claims, by his fist, the club, or ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/non-resistants.htm

The Political Constitution of Egypt
... is also by Boudier, represents a man bewailing the dead, in the attitude adopted
at funerals by professional mourners of both sexes; the right fist resting on ...
/.../chapter ithe political constitution of.htm

Thesaurus

Fist (7 Occurrences)
... follows. 4. (vt) To strike with the fist. 5. (vt) To gripe with the fist.
Multi-Version Concordance Fist (7 Occurrences). Matthew ...
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Box (13 Occurrences)
... 17. (n.) A blow on the head or ear with the hand. 18. (vi) To fight with the fist;
to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar. 19. ...
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Fists (6 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 58:4 Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist
of wickedness; ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on ...
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Boxing
... 6. (n.) The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring.
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BOXING. See GAMES. ...
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Buffet (4 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter. 6. (vt) To strike
with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. ...
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Smite (230 Occurrences)
... strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the
hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a ...
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Quarrel (22 Occurrences)
... Exodus 21:18 "If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his
fist, and he doesn't die, but is confined to bed; (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Keepeth (60 Occurrences)
... Exodus 21:18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone,
or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: (KJV). ...
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Washing (56 Occurrences)
... by tradition, according to which "the disciples ought to have gone down to the side
of the lake, washed their hands thoroughly, `rubbing the fist of one hand ...
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Fissures (1 Occurrence)

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Bible Concordance

Fist (7 Occurrences)

Matthew 26:67 Then they spit in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,
(Root in WEB WEY NAS NIV)

Exodus 21:18 "If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn't die, but is confined to bed;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 35:21 or in enmity struck him with his hand, so that he died; he who struck him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meets him.
(See NIV)

Job 15:25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty;
(See NIV)

Isaiah 10:32 This very day he is stopping at Nob; he is shaking his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 58:4 Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Zephaniah 2:15 This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.
(Root in WEB RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Fist

Related Terms

Box (13 Occurrences)

Fists (6 Occurrences)

Boxing

Buffet (4 Occurrences)

Smite (230 Occurrences)

Quarrel (22 Occurrences)

Keepeth (60 Occurrences)

Washing (56 Occurrences)

Fissures (1 Occurrence)