Bible Dictionary: Toss

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

2. (v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.

3. (v. t.) To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.

4. (v. t.) To agitate; to make restless.

5. (v. t.) Hence, to try; to harass.

6. (v. t.) To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.

7. (v. i.) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.

8. (v. i.) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.

9. (n.) A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.

10. (n.) A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.

Greek

4496. rhipto -- to throw, cast, spec. to throw off, toss
... to throw off, toss. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: rhipto Phonetic Spelling:
(hrip'-to) Short Definition: I throw, cast, toss Definition: I throw, cast ...
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4494. rhipizo -- to fan, generally to make a breeze
... to fan, generally to make a breeze. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: rhipizo
Phonetic Spelling: (hrip-id'-zo) Short Definition: I toss to and fro Definition ...
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2831. kludonizomai -- to be tossed by waves
... toss to and fro. Middle voice from kludon; to surge, ie (figuratively) to fluctuate --
toss to and fro. see GREEK kludon. (kludonizomenoi) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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928. basanizo -- to torture
... pain, toil, torment. From basanos; to torture -- pain, toil, torment, toss,
vex. see GREEK basanos. (basanizomene) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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4495. rhipteo -- cast off.
... Word Origin see rhipto. cast off. From a derivative of rhipto; to toss up -- cast
off. see GREEK rhipto. (riptounton) -- 1 Occurrence. 4494, 4495. ...
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416. anemizo -- to drive by the wind
... driven by the wind. From anemos; to toss with the wind -- drive with the wind. see
GREEK anemos. (anemizomeno) -- 1 Occurrence. 415b, 416. anemizo. 417 . ...
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1308. diaphero -- to carry through, carry about, to differ, make a ...
... From dia and phero; to bear through, ie (literally) transport; usually to bear apart,
ie (objectively) to toss about (figuratively, report); subjectively, to ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6802. tsenephah -- toss
... 6801, 6802. tsenephah. 6803 . toss. Transliteration: tsenephah Phonetic Spelling:
(tsen-ay-faw') Short Definition: toss. ... toss From tsanaph; a ball -- X toss ...
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4048. magar -- to cast, throw, toss
... 4047, 4048. magar. 4049 . to cast, throw, toss. Transliteration: magar Phonetic
Spelling: (maw-gar') Short Definition: cast. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5541a. salah -- to make light of, toss aside
... to make light of, toss aside. Transliteration: salah Short Definition: rejected. ...
root Definition to make light of, toss aside NASB Word Usage rejected (2). ...
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2236b. zaraq -- to toss or throw, scatter abundantly
... 2236a, 2236b. zaraq. 2237 . to toss or throw, scatter abundantly.
Transliteration: zaraq Short Definition: sprinkled. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5541. calah -- to make light of, toss aside
... calah. 5541a . to make light of, toss aside. Transliteration: calah Phonetic Spelling:
(saw-law') Short Definition: reject. tread down under foot, value ...
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5590. saar -- to storm, rage
... be toss with tempestuous, be sore, troubled, scatter with a whirlwind. A primitive
root; to rush upon; by implication, to toss (transitive ...
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1607. gaash -- to shake, quake
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to shake, quake NASB Word Usage shaken (3),
shook (2), stagger (1), surge (2), toss (1). move, shake, toss, trouble. ...
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5287. naar -- to shake, shake out or off
... shaken off (1), shakes (1), shook (1). shake off, out, self, overthrow,
toss up and down. A primitive root (probably identical with ...
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4493. manod -- a shaking, wagging
... shaking. From nuwd a nodding or toss (of the head in derision) -- shaking. see
HEBREW nuwd. 4492, 4493. manod. 4494 . Strong's Numbers.
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2219. zarah -- to scatter, fan, winnow
... A primitive root (compare zuwr); to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow --
cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow. ...
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Library

Concerning the Passion of Christ, and Its Old Testament ...
... is withal blest by his father [1331] after this form: "His glory (is that) of a
bull; his horns, the horns of an unicorn; on them shall he toss nations alike ...
/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter x concerning the passion of.htm

The Battle of Carchemish
... stumbled and fallen. 2. Who is this that riseth up like the Nile, Whose waters
toss themselves like the rivers? Egypt riseth up like ...
/.../select masterpieces of biblical literature/viii the battle of carchemish.htm

Against Rash and Vain Swearing.
... reflect and consider: What a presumption is it without due regard and reverence
to lay hold on God's name; with unhallowed breath to vent and toss that great ...
/.../sermons on evil-speaking by isaac barrow/against rash and vain swearing.htm

How Great is the Unlikeness Between Our Word and the Divine Word. ...
... What, I say, is this thing that is formable, but not yet formed, except a something
in our mind, which we toss to and fro by revolving it this way or that ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 15 how great is the.htm

Pythagoras Taught, Accordingly, that He had Himself Been ...
... And, after many such things, in which you toss yourself about like a madman, you
draw yourself up and say that you wish for peace, but still with the ...
/.../40 pythagoras taught accordingly that.htm

God's Barriers against Man's Sin
... presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree,
that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/gods barriers against mans sin.htm

Life of Bunyan
... Yonder he is, the noisiest of the party, playing pitch-and-toss"that one with the
shaggy eyebrows, whose entire soul is ascending in the twirling penny ...
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On the Difficulties and Duties of the Christian Life.
... I may toss and turn as a door on the hinges, but can never get clear off, or be
quite unhinged of self, which is still the centre of all my motions; so that ...
/.../scougal/the life of god in the soul of man/part iii on the difficulties.htm

To the Honourable Mr Yorke.
... When, on their exit, souls are bid unrobe,. Toss fortune back her tinsel, and
her plume,. And drop this mask of flesh behind the scene. ...
/.../young/youngs night thoughts/to the honourable mr yorke.htm

The Cure of Simon's Wife's Mother.
... So long as men must toss in weary fancies all the dark night, crying, "Would God
it were morning," to find, it may be, when it arrives, but little comfort in ...
/.../macdonald/miracles of our lord/iii the cure of simons.htm

Thesaurus

Toss (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward,
or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball. ...Toss (13 Occurrences). ...
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Pitch (25 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl;
to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball. ...
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Surge (6 Occurrences)
... mouth. (See NIV). Jeremiah 46:7 Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose
waters toss themselves like the rivers? (See NAS RSV). ...
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Surging (10 Occurrences)
... storm. (See NIV). Jeremiah 46:7 Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose
waters toss themselves like the rivers? (See NIV). Jeremiah ...
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Tossed (19 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Toss. Multi-Version Concordance
Tossed (19 Occurrences). Matthew 14:24 But the ship was ...
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Rises (56 Occurrences)
... thee. (See NIV). Jeremiah 46:7 Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose
waters toss themselves like the rivers? (WEB NAS NIV). ...
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Rivers (81 Occurrences)
... firstborn. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS). Jeremiah 46:7 Who is this who rises up like
the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers? (WEB ...
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Nile (37 Occurrences)
... (BBE NAS RSV). Jeremiah 46:7 Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters
toss themselves like the rivers? (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Vexation (36 Occurrences)
... veks, vek-sa'-shun: "Vex," meaning originally to shake or toss in carrying, has
a much more intensive meaning in Scripture than in common modern usage. ...
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Vex (20 Occurrences)
... veks, vek-sa'-shun: "Vex," meaning originally to shake or toss in carrying, has
a much more intensive meaning in Scripture than in common modern usage. ...
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Bible Concordance

Toss (13 Occurrences)

Matthew 15:26 But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
(See NIV)

Mark 7:27 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
(See NIV)

Exodus 9:8 Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron, "Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh.
(See NIV)

Job 7:4 When I lie down, I say,'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 30:22 You lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm.
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 60:8 Moab is my wash basin. I will throw my shoe on Edom. I shout in triumph over Philistia."
(See NIV)

Psalms 108:9 Moab is my wash pot. I will toss my sandal on Edom. I will shout over Philistia."
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 22:18 He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Isaiah 57:20 But the evil-doers are like the troubled sea, for which there is no rest, and its waters send up earth and waste.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 5:22 Don't you fear me? says Yahweh: won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 46:7 Who is this who rises up like the Nile, whose waters toss themselves like the rivers?
(WEB JPS ASV DBY)

Jeremiah 46:8 Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY)

Zechariah 7:14 And I toss them on all the nations, That they have not known, The land hath been desolate behind them, Of any passing by and turning back, And they set a desirable land for a desolation!
(YLT)

Subtopics

Toss

Related Terms

Pitch (25 Occurrences)

Surge (6 Occurrences)

Surging (10 Occurrences)

Tossed (19 Occurrences)

Rises (56 Occurrences)

Rivers (81 Occurrences)

Nile (37 Occurrences)

Vexation (36 Occurrences)

Vex (20 Occurrences)