Bible Dictionary: Wield

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To use with full command or power; to manage; to handle; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.

2. (v. t.) To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess.

3. (v. t.) To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway.

Greek

1023. brachion -- the arm
... arm. Properly, comparative of brachus, but apparently in the sense of brasso (to
wield); the arm, ie (figuratively) strength -- arm. see GREEK brachus. ...
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1850. exousiazo -- to exercise authority over
... Verb Transliteration: exousiazo Phonetic Spelling: (ex-oo-see-ad'-zo) Short Definition:
I exercise authority Definition: I exercise (wield) power (authority ...
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2715. katexousiazo -- to exercise authority over
... exercise authority. From kata and exousiazo; to have (wield) full privilege over --
exercise authority. see GREEK kata. see GREEK exousiazo. ...
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3992. pempo -- to send
... ad quem, and stello denotes properly, the orderly motion involved), especially on
a temporary errand; also to transmit, bestow, or wield -- send, thrust in. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8610. taphas -- to lay hold of, wield
... 8609, 8610. taphas. 8611 . to lay hold of, wield. Transliteration: taphas Phonetic
Spelling: (taw-fas') Short Definition: seized. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4900. mashak -- to draw, drag
... make a long blast (1), march (1), prolong (1), prolonged (1), pulled (3), sounds
a long blast (1), sows (1), stimulate (1), stretched (1), tall (2), wield (1). ...
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5130. nuph -- to move to and fro, wave, sprinkle
... 1), present (5), presented (6), shake...back and forth (1), shakes (1), shed abroad
(1), sprinkled (1), wave (13), waved (1), waving (1), wield (3), wielded (1 ...
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Library

Attributes of Love.
... And O! what a glorious thought, that infinite benevolence is wielding, and will
forever wield, infinite natural attributes for the promotion of good! ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xiii attributes of love.htm

The Chariots of the Lord are Strong,
... Fresh laurels in the fray. III. For freedom wield the sword of might,. And cut the
bands that bind; ... Dispel the hosts of sin; Ye who are valiant, wield the sword, ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the apostolic church/the chariots of the lord.htm

The Chariots of the Lord are Strong,
... Fresh laurels in the fray. For freedom wield the sword of might,. And cut the bands
that bind; ... Dispel the hosts of sin; Ye who are valiant, wield the sword,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the early church/the chariots of the lord.htm

In the Thirteenth Chapter of Revelation Two Beasts are There ...
... Was it not because He failed to fulfill their expectations that he would take the
government upon His shoulder and wield the royal sceptre as soon as He ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the antichrist/in the thirteenth chapter of.htm

The Arrest
... "This is your hour," He said, "and the power of darkness." This midnight hour is
your hour, because ye are sons of night, and the power ye wield against Me is ...
/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter i the arrest.htm

Preface.
... And, even when they would all prove faithful to their trust, it is a noted fact
that society, friends and companions wield a powerful influence over the mind ...
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Preface.
... He ever liveth to make intercession.' In us, His priests and kings, it is no otherwise:
it is in intercession that the Church is to find and wield its highest ...
//christianbookshelf.org/murray/with christ in the school of prayer/preface.htm

Pastor in Parish (ii. ).
... Work on in hope; the plough, the sickle wield; Thy Master is the harvest's Master
too; He gives the golden seed, He owns the field, And does Himself what His ...
/.../moule/to my younger brethren/chapter viii pastor in parish.htm

Success.
... There are evangelists, who in the palmy days of their power had wonderful,
heaven-gladdening revivals, who have ceased to wield "the sword of the Lord and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/rees/the heart-cry of jesus/chapter x success.htm

Grundtvig's Hymns
... study of hymnology together with his exceptional poetical gift enabled him to adopt
material from all ages and branches of Christian song, and to wield it into ...
/.../aaberg/hymns and hymnwriters of denmark/chapter fifteen grundtvigs hymns.htm

Thesaurus

Wield (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To use with full command or power; to manage;
to handle; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter. ...Wield (8 Occurrences). ...
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Wielded (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Wield. Multi-Version Concordance Wielded
(7 Occurrences). 2 Corinthians 6:7 by the proclamation ...
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Sway (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To move or wield with the hand; to swing;
to wield; as, to sway the scepter. 2. (vi) To influence ...
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Obedience (61 Occurrences)
... of His day was a part of His loyalty to God, and of the strategy of His campaign,
the action of the one who would set an example and wield an influence, as at ...
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Wieldeth (1 Occurrence)
... wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, 'or' as if
a staff should lift up 'him that is' not wood. (ASV DBY). ...
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Trellis (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Trellis (1 Occurrence). Psalms 74:5 It seemed as
when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees. (See RSV). ...
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Moveth (18 Occurrences)
... shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield
them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood. ...
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Manage (6 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address;
to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to ...
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Bear (425 Occurrences)
... 13. (vt) To admit or be capable of; that is, to suffer or sustain without violence,
injury, or change. 14. (vt) To manage, wield, or direct. 15. ...
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Annas (4 Occurrences)
... the caprice of the Roman procurators, and Annas was deposed by Valerius Gratus,
15 AD But though deprived of official status, he continued to wield great power ...
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Bible Concordance

Wield (8 Occurrences)

Exodus 20:25 If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
(See NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 23:25 When you come into your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 27:5 There you shall build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron tool on them.
(See NAS)

Judges 5:14 Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal's staff came out of Zebulun.
(See NAS)

Psalms 74:5 They behaved like men wielding axes, cutting through a thicket of trees.
(Root in WEB JPS NIV)

Isaiah 10:15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, 'or' as if a staff should lift up 'him that is' not wood.
(Root in ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 10:26 And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians.
(See RSV)

Zechariah 9:13 For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Wield

Related Terms

Wielded (7 Occurrences)

Sway (7 Occurrences)

Obedience (61 Occurrences)

Wieldeth (1 Occurrence)

Trellis (1 Occurrence)

Moveth (18 Occurrences)

Manage (6 Occurrences)

Bear (425 Occurrences)

Annas (4 Occurrences)