Bible Dictionary: Glance

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A sudden flash of light or splendor.

2. (n.) A quick cast of the eyes; a quick or a casual look; a swift survey; a glimpse.

3. (n.) An incidental or passing thought or allusion.

4. (n.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance.

5. (v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.

6. (v. i.) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside. Your arrow hath glanced.

7. (v. i.) To look with a sudden, rapid cast of the eye; to snatch a momentary or hasty view.

8. (v. i.) To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; -- often with at.

9. (v. i.) To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.

10. (v. t.) To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye.

11. (v. t.) To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.

Greek

4493. rhipe -- any rapid movement, spec. a twinkling (of lights or ...
... a twinkling (of lights or the eye). Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
rhipe Phonetic Spelling: (hree-pay') Short Definition: a glance, twinkle (of ...
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990. blemma -- a look
... Noun, Neuter Transliteration: blemma Phonetic Spelling: (blem'-mah) Short Definition:
look, the faculty of looking Definition: a look, glance; sight and hearing ...
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3788. ophthalmos -- the eye
... eye, sight. From optanomai; the eye (literally or figuratively); by implication,
vision; figuratively, envy (from the jealous side-glance) -- eye, sight. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7688. shagach -- to gaze
... look narrowly. A primitive root; to peep, ie Glance sharply at -- look
(narrowly). 7687, 7688. shagach. 7689 . Strong's Numbers.
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6692. tsuwts -- to blossom, shine, sparkle
... A primitive root; to twinkle, ie Glance; by analogy, to blossom (figuratively, flourish)
-- bloom, blossom, flourish, shew self. 6691, 6692. tsuwts. 6692a ...
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Library

A Glance.
... THE SOUL. XXXII. A GLANCE. Pererin wyf i'r Ganaan fry 8,8,6,8,8,6. A pilgrim I to
Canaan flee,. To dwell, my blessed Lord, with Thee. In thine eternal rest: [4] ...
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The Glance
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First LXII THE GLANCE. When first Thy sweet and
gracious eye ... And got the day. If Thy first glance so powerful be". ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/lxii the glance.htm

A Glance at Jerusalem.
... CHAPTER V. A Glance at Jerusalem. The customary prayers and preparations
for the celebration of the festival being completed, the ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter v a glance at.htm

A Glance at the Disciples of Jesus on Holy Saturday.
... CHAPTER LVIII. A Glance at the Disciples of Jesus on Holy Saturday. The
faithful disciples of our Lord assembled together in the ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/chapter lviii a glance at.htm

A Moment's Flashing Glance of Half-Amused Dismay at Angela...
... A moment's flashing glance of half-amused dismay at Angela� A moment's flashing
glance of half-amused dismay at Angela, and the Comtesse Sylvie had vanished. ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/xii a moments flashing glance.htm

Whether all Merits and Demerits, One's Own as Well as those of ...
... RISING AGAIN, MEN WILL HAVE AT THE JUDGMENT Whether all merits and demerits, one's
own as well as those of others, will be seen by anyone at a single glance? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether all merits and demerits.htm

Illusions of Youth, Value of Time at this Period of Life.
... therein emotions so imperceptible that you are but imperfectly conscious of its
presence, seems insignificant at first sight; that unguarded glance seemed to ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter ii illusions of youth.htm

The Fourfold Message.
... Of course the whole of the Book is really given up to it, when one gets
the whole simple view of it at one glance. But so many of ...
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He Comes to his Own.
... It flings the front door wide open and you are inside at once, and take in the whole
of the house at a glance, one glance, one wonderful glance. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on johns gospel/he comes to his own.htm

A vision of the Last Day
... the dying man, as in great, heaving, ocean waves, the recollection of all that he
had wrought and felt in his whole life; just as one shuddering glance into a ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/a vision of the last.htm

Thesaurus

Glance (5 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A name given to some sulphides, mostly dark-colored, which have a brilliant
metallic luster, as the sulphide of copper, called copper glance. ...
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Glint (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) A glimpse, glance, or gleam. 2. (vi) To glance; to peep forth, as a flower
from the bud; to glitter. 3. (vt) To glance; to turn; as, to glint the eye. ...
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Testaments
... A GLANCE ALTES TESTAMENT CONTEMPORANEOUS HISTORY 1. The Egyptian Empire 2. Greece
3. Rome 4. Asia III. ... II. A Glance at Contemporaneous History. ...
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Between (2624 Occurrences)
... A GLANCE ALTES TESTAMENT CONTEMPORANEOUS HISTORY 1. The Egyptian Empire 2. Greece
3. Rome 4. Asia III. ... II. A Glance at Contemporaneous History. ...
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Looking (883 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The act of one who looks; a glance. 4. (n.) The manner in which one looks;
appearance; countenance; face. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Look (1874 Occurrences)
... 13. (n.) The act of looking; a glance; a sight; a view; -- often in certain
phrases; as, to have, get, take, throw, or cast, a look. 14. ...
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Led (260 Occurrences)
... NIV). Luke 4:5 The Devil next led Him up and caused Him to see at a glance
all the kingdoms of the world. (WEY ASV NAS NIV). Luke ...
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Leaves (55 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Luke 21:30 As soon as they have shot out their leaves, you know
at a glance that summer is now near. (WEY BBE NAS NIV). ...
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Glances (2 Occurrences)

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Flame (61 Occurrences)
... But scholarship cannot take this for granted; and, indeed, it requires only a hasty
glance at the facts to bring this home even to the general reader, because ...
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Bible Concordance

Glance (5 Occurrences)

Luke 4:5 The Devil next led Him up and caused Him to see at a glance all the kingdoms of the world.
(WEY)

Luke 21:30 As soon as they have shot out their leaves, you know at a glance that summer is now near.
(WEY)

Revelation 1:16 In His right hand He held seven stars, and a sharp, two-edged sword was seen coming from His mouth; and His glance resembled the sun when it is shining with its full strength.
(WEY)

Proverbs 23:5 Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
(See NIV)

Song of Songs 4:9 You have taken away my heart, my sister, my bride; you have taken away my heart, with one look you have taken it, with one chain of your neck!
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Glance

Related Terms

Glint (1 Occurrence)

Testaments

Between (2624 Occurrences)

Looking (883 Occurrences)

Look (1874 Occurrences)

Led (260 Occurrences)

Leaves (55 Occurrences)

Glances (2 Occurrences)

Flame (61 Occurrences)