Bible Dictionary: Totter

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as, an old man totters with age.

2. (v. i.) To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.

Greek

803. asphaleia -- certainty, security
... security, reliability, firmness. Cognate: 803 (from 1 "not" and , "totter") --
firmness that equates to security. Word Origin from ...
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804. asphales -- certain, secure
... 804 (from 1 "not" and , "totter, cast down") -- properly, because on solid footing,
ie built on what (fall, slip); hence, "unfailing, safe, reliable ...
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806. asphalos -- safely
... assuredly, certainly. Cognate: 806 (an adverb, derived from 1 "not" and ,
"totter, cause to fall") -- " 227). See 804 (). Word ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6328. puq -- to reel, totter
... puq. 6329 . to reel, totter. Transliteration: puq Phonetic Spelling: (pook) Short
Definition: totter. ... root Definition to reel, totter NASB Word Usage totter (2 ...
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3782. kashal -- to stumble, stagger, totter
... 3781, 3782. kashal. 3783 . to stumble, stagger, totter. Transliteration: kashal
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-shal') Short Definition: stumble. Word Origin a prim ...
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4131. mot -- to totter, shake, slip
... 4130, 4131. mot. 4132 . to totter, shake, slip. Transliteration: mot Phonetic
Spelling: (mote) Short Definition: shaken. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5128. nua -- to quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter
... nua. 5129 . to quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter. Transliteration: nua Phonetic
Spelling: (noo'-ah) Short Definition: wander. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4571. maad -- to slip, slide, totter, shake
... 4570, 4571. maad. 4572 . to slip, slide, totter, shake. Transliteration: maad
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-ad') Short Definition: slip. Word Origin a prim. ...
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5781. uq -- perhaps to totter, cause tottering
... 5780, 5781. uq. 5782 . perhaps to totter, cause tottering. Transliteration:
uq Phonetic Spelling: (ook) Short Definition: down. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1760. dachah -- to push, thrust
... chase, drive away on, overthrow, outcast, sore, thrust, totter. Or dachach
{Jer. 23:12) {daw-khakh'}; a primitive root; to push down ...
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Library

Psalm CIV.
... The Church will totter if the foundation totter; but when shall Christ totter, before
whose coming unto us, and taking flesh on Him, "all things were made by ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm civ.htm

Dangers of Mistaken Interpretation.
... "For we walk by faith, not by sight." [1754] Now faith will totter if the
authority of Scripture begin to shake. And then, if faith ...
/.../chapter 37 dangers of mistaken interpretation.htm

Whoever Takes Another Meaning Out of Scripture than the Writer ...
... "For we walk by faith, not by sight." Now faith will totter if the authority
of Scripture begin to shake. And then, if faith totter ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 41 whoever takes another.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xvii. 19, "Why could not we Cast ...
... What must the lambs do, if the rams totter? Yet the mercy of the Lord did not disdain
them in their unbelief; but reproved, nourished, perfected, crowned them. ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xxx on the words.htm

Again on Matt. xiv. 25:00:00 of the Lord Walking on the Waves of ...
... For then we shall not totter, then shall we be founded on the Rock, shall be fixed
and firm against the winds, and storms, and streams, the temptations, I mean ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xxvi again on matt.htm

Importance of Small Things in Religion
... Yes, but it did signify, for it was through this alteration which they made in God's
law that the ark first began to shake, and to totter, and then Uzzah was ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/importance of small things in.htm

Satan's Banquet
... few, they that look out of the windows shall be darkened, all the daughters of music
shall be brought low; then shall the strong man totter, the grasshopper ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/satans banquet.htm

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman,
... like a drunkard, it is like to fall and rise no more.' 'It is the very haunts and
walks of the infernal spirits.' 'England shakes and makes me totter for its ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the life and death of.htm

"What Mean These Stones?" Josh. Iv. 21
... Aye, aye, and one will pick the heaviest, one that will make his knees totter; and
another will choose the squarest, and yet another the smoothest, but each ...
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Of the Modes of Supplementing Satisfaction --viz. Indulgences and ...
... it is scarcely worth while to refute these frivolous errors, which, already battered
down, begin of their own accord to grow antiquated, and totter to their ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 5 of the modes.htm

Thesaurus

Totter (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver. Multi-Version Concordance Totter
(9 Occurrences). Psalms 46:6 The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. ...
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Rock (176 Occurrences)
... To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support beneath; as,
to rock a cradle or chair; to cause to vibrate; to cause to reel or totter. ...
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Stagger (20 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking;
not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter. ...
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Totemism

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Visions (43 Occurrences)
... and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because of wine, they
stagger because of strong drink; they reel in vision, they totter in judgment ...
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Nails (16 Occurrences)
... who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the
soldering, "It is good;" and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter...
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Goldsmith (6 Occurrences)
... who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the
soldering, "It is good;" and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter...
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Waver (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To play or move to and fro; to move one way
and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. ...
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Fastens (2 Occurrences)
... who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the
soldering, "It is good;" and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter...
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Falter (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (v. & n.) To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue
falters. 3. (v. & n.) To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. ...
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Bible Concordance

Totter (9 Occurrences)

Psalms 46:6 The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted.
(See NAS RSV)

Psalms 59:11 Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.
(See RSV)

Psalms 69:23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; And make their loins continually to shake.
(See JPS)

Psalms 104:5 He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.
(See NAS)

Psalms 109:24 My knees are weak through fasting; And my flesh faileth of fatness.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 28:7 And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
(See JPS NAS)

Isaiah 40:20 The wise workman makes selection of the mulberry-tree of the offering, a wood which will not become soft; so that the image may be fixed to it and not be moved.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.
(See NAS NIV)

Habakkuk 3:16 I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Totter

Related Terms

Rock (176 Occurrences)

Stagger (20 Occurrences)

Totemism

Visions (43 Occurrences)

Nails (16 Occurrences)

Goldsmith (6 Occurrences)

Waver (8 Occurrences)

Fastens (2 Occurrences)

Falter (2 Occurrences)