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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (adv.) From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. See To.

2. (prep.) From.

Greek

383. anaseio -- to move to and fro, stir up
... to move to and fro, stir up. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anaseio Phonetic
Spelling: (an-as-i'-o) Short Definition: I shake up, stir up, excite ...
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2831. kludonizomai -- to be tossed by waves
... kludonizomai Phonetic Spelling: (kloo-do-nid'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I am tossed
by waves Definition: I am tossed by waves, met: I am tossed to and fro. ...
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4494. rhipizo -- to fan, generally to make a breeze
... generally to make a breeze. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: rhipizo Phonetic
Spelling: (hrip-id'-zo) Short Definition: I toss to and fro Definition: I ...
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4064. periphero -- to carry about
... about. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: periphero Phonetic Spelling:
(per-ee-fer'-o) Short Definition: I carry around, am driven to and fro Definition: ...
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1298. diatarasso -- to agitate greatly
... properly, distressed, "through and through" (note the force of the prefix, ); disturbed; "
(Latin )" (), going back-and-forth (to-and-fro) between inner ...
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4682. sparasso -- to mangle, convulse
... convulsions (2), throws...into a convulsion (1). to convulse, shake to and fro.
Prolongation from spairo (to grasp; apparently strengthened ...
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5015. tarasso -- to stir up, to trouble
... 5015 -- properly, put in (to agitate back-and-forth, shake to-and-fro); (figuratively)
to set in motion what (at ease); to "trouble" ("agitate"), causing inner ...
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1286. diaseio -- to shake violently, to intimidate
... 1286 (from 1223 , "thoroughly" and 4579 , "shake") -- properly, shake violently,
to manhandle (literally, "shake someone to-and-fro"); intimidate, coerce ...
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4579. seio -- to shake
... Apparently a primary verb; to rock (vibrate, properly, sideways or to and fro),
ie (generally) to agitate (in any direction; cause to tremble); figuratively ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5130. nuph -- to move to and fro, wave, sprinkle
... 5129, 5130. nuph. 5131 . to move to and fro, wave, sprinkle. Transliteration:
nuph Phonetic Spelling: (noof) Short Definition: wave. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5110. nud -- to move to and fro, wander, flutter, show grief
... nud. 5111 . to move to and fro, wander, flutter, show grief. Transliteration:
nud Phonetic Spelling: (nood) Short Definition: mourn. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7751. shuwt -- to go or rove about
... to go or rove about. Transliteration: shuwt Phonetic Spelling: (shoot) Short Definition:
about. go about, through, to and fro, mariner, rower, run to and fro ...
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7751a. shut -- to go or rove about
... root Definition to go or rove about NASB Word Usage go to and fro (1), go about
(2), go back (1), go back and forth (1), gone about (1), move to and fro (1 ...
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5086. nadaph -- to drive, drive asunder
... drive away, to and fro, thrust down, shaken, tossed to and fro. A primitive
root; to shove asunder, ie Disperse -- drive (away, to ...
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5128. nua -- to quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter
... disturb (1), moving (1), reels (1), scatter (1), set trembling (1), shake (4), shaken
(4), shook (1), stagger (3), staggered (1), swing to and fro (1), to and ...
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5076. nadud -- a tossing (of sleeplessness)
... tossing to and fro. Passive participle of nadad; properly, tossed; abstractly, a
rolling (on the bed) -- tossing to and fro. see HEBREW nadad. 5075, 5076. ...
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2287. chagag -- to make a pilgrimage, keep a pilgrim feast
... 1), observe (1), reeled (1). celebrate, dance, keep, hold a solemn feast
holiday, reel to and fro. A primitive root (compare chagra ...
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7725. shub -- to turn back, return
... 10), converted (1), deluded (1), desist (2), draw and turning (1), draw it back
(1), drawn (1), drew back (1), drives (1), ever go back (1), fro (1), forth (1 ...
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1980. halak -- to go, come, walk
... away (2), get rid (1), go (426), go and walk (1), go at once (1), go my way (1),
go to patrol (1), go back (1), go* (4), goes (22), goes to and fro (1), goes ...
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Library

And How Long Shall we Draw the Saw to and Fro through this Line...
... Chapter III. And how long shall we draw the saw to and fro through this
line� And how long shall we draw the saw to and fro through ...
/.../tertullian/the chaplet or de corona/chapter iii and how long.htm

The Recovery and Revival of the Blessed Hope Itself.
... Daniel 12:4, 9, 10 we read""But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the
book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/1 the recovery and revival.htm

Book ii
... spirituale quidem et speciale valde quia specialissimis datum'; and C. reads: pai
truly ar so stabyld put with no cry or noys ar any odyr pinge fro prayer may ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/book ii.htm

The Perfect Heart.
... For the eyes of the Lord ran to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew Himself
strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him"2 ...
//christianbookshelf.org/booth/godliness/chapter viii the perfect heart.htm

The Crowning of Abimelech
... But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they
honour God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/iii the crowning of abimelech.htm

A Prophet of Peace
... For fifty years he went in and out of the gate of Bethel, and to and fro in the
land, from city to city, passing through crowds of idle, rude, dissolute youth ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 19 a prophet of.htm

Of the Condition of the Beasts and Man.
... for that these, as soon as they are produced from the womb, immediately raise
themselves on their feet, and express their joy by running to and fro, and are at ...
/.../lactantius/on the workmanship of god/chap iii of the condition of.htm

The Morning Breaketh
... And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they
whom the Lord hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chapman/and judas iscariot/the morning breaketh.htm

At Capernaum
... At Capernaum Jesus dwelt in the intervals of His journeys to and fro, and it came
to be known as "His own city." It was on the shores of the Sea of Galilee ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 26 at capernaum.htm

But First, Wash You, be Clean; Put Away Evil from Your Souls...
... Run ye to and fro every where, ye holy fires, ye beauteous fires; for ye are the
light of the world, nor are ye put under a bushel; He whom you cleave unto, is ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xix but first wash.htm

Thesaurus

Fro (54 Occurrences)
... 1. (adv.) From; away; back or backward; -- now used only in opposition to the word
to, in the phrase to and fro, that is, to and from. ...Fro (54 Occurrences). ...
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Sway (7 Occurrences)
... Judges 9:9 But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith
by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees? ...
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Bay (8 Occurrences)
... Zechariah 6:7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and
fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through ...
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Horror (51 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 29:8 Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and
he hath delivered them to be tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and a ...
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Wag (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to
move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the ...
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Range (9 Occurrences)
... 18. (n.) A bolting sieve to sift meal. 19. (n.) A wandering or roving; a
going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition. 20. ...
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Reels (2 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 24:20 The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunken man, and swayeth to and
fro as a lodge; and the transgression thereof is heavy upon it, and it shall ...
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Drunkard (15 Occurrences)
... drunkard. (DBY YLT NIV). Psalms 107:27 They reel to and fro, and move as
a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up. (YLT). ...
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Myrtle-trees (3 Occurrences)
... Zechariah 1:10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said,
These are they whom Jehovah hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. ...
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Shaketh (20 Occurrences)
... 21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the
two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the ...
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Bible Concordance

Fro (54 Occurrences)

Acts 27:27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven to and fro in the 'sea of' Adria, about midnight the sailors surmised that they were drawing near to some country:
(ASV)

Ephesians 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
(KJV ASV WBS RSV)

Revelation 2:1 "To the minister of the Church in Ephesus write as follows: "'This is what He who holds the seven stars in the grasp of His right hand says--He who walks to and fro among the seven lampstands of gold.
(WEY)

Genesis 8:7 and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 32:27 He said to them, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,'Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 32:13 And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Jehovah, was consumed.
(ASV JPS)

Judges 9:9 But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?
(ASV YLT)

Judges 9:11 But the fig-tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?
(ASV YLT)

Judges 9:13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?
(ASV YLT)

1 Samuel 17:15 Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 19:18 And a ferry boat passed to and fro to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was just crossing over the Jordan.
(DBY JPS)

2 Samuel 24:2 The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, "Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the sum of the people."
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 24:8 So when they had gone to and from through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
(ASV JPS YLT)

2 Kings 4:35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of Yahweh run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; for from henceforth you shall have wars.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 29:8 Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to be tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
(ASV)

Job 1:7 Yahweh said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 2:2 Yahweh said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
(KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS)

Job 13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
(KJV WBS)

Job 28:4 He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 39:6 "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
(See NIV)

Psalms 59:11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: Scatter them by thy power, and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
(See JPS)

Psalms 82:5 They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
(ASV)

Psalms 104:26 There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
(See NIV)

Psalms 107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Psalms 126:6 Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Isaiah 24:20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Isaiah 33:4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 49:21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
(KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS NIV)

Jeremiah 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.
(ASV JPS NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 5:1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 15:4 And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
(ASV)

Jeremiah 24:9 I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
(ASV)

Jeremiah 25:16 And they shall drink, and reel to and fro, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
(ASV BBE DBY JPS)

Jeremiah 29:18 And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them;
(ASV)

Jeremiah 34:17 Therefore thus saith Jehovah: ye have not hearkened unto me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim unto you a liberty, saith Jehovah, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.
(ASV)

Jeremiah 49:3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Ezekiel 1:14 The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
(See NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.
(ASV JPS)

Ezekiel 23:46 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will bring up a company against them, and will give them to be tossed to and fro and robbed.
(ASV BBE)

Ezekiel 27:19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
(KJV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Joel 2:9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Amos 8:12 They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of Yahweh, and will not find it.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 9:9 For behold, I command, and I will shake the house of Israel to and fro among all the nations, like as one shaketh corn in a sieve; yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
(DBY)

Nahum 2:4 The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.
(ASV JPS YLT NAS RSV)

Zechariah 1:10 And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Zechariah 1:11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Zechariah 4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Zechariah 6:7 And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Zechariah 7:14 "but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate."
(See RSV)

Zechariah 9:8 I will encamp around my house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more: for now I have seen with my eyes.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Fro

Related Terms

Sway (7 Occurrences)

Bay (8 Occurrences)

Horror (51 Occurrences)

Wag (7 Occurrences)

Range (9 Occurrences)

Reels (2 Occurrences)

Drunkard (15 Occurrences)

Myrtle-trees (3 Occurrences)

Shaketh (20 Occurrences)