Slacken
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Slacken (1 Occurrence)

2 Kings 4:24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee. (See JPS ASV RSV)

Thesaurus
Slacken (1 Occurrence)
... 8. (vt) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken
a bandage. 9. (vt) To neglect; to be remiss in. 10. ...Slacken (1 Occurrence). ...
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Surge (6 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger;
also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan). Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Slack (19 Occurrences)
... rope or of a sail. 9. (a.) Alt. of Slacken. 10. (vt) Alt. of Slacken.
Multi-Version Concordance Slack (19 Occurrences). 2 Peter 3:9 The ...
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Lag (1 Occurrence)
... 8. (n.) See Graylag. 9. (vi) To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind;
to linger or loiter. 10. (vt) To cause to lag; to slacken. 11. ...
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Guest-chamber (4 Occurrences)
... Kataluma is derived from kataluo, which means "to slacken," ie the ropes of the
beasts of burden, and hence, "to lodge." Kataluma has accordingly often the ...
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Guestchamber (2 Occurrences)
... Kataluma is derived from kataluo, which means "to slacken," ie the ropes of the
beasts of burden, and hence, "to lodge." Kataluma has accordingly often the ...
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Relax (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like;
to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the ...
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Relent (15 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To slacken; to abate. 4. (vt) To soften; to dissolve. 5. (vt) To mollify ;
to cause to be less harsh or severe. 6. (n.) Stay; stop; delay. ...
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Slackened (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (pp) of Slacken. Multi-Version Concordance Slackened
(2 Occurrences). Nehemiah 6:9 For they all would have ...
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Slow (43 Occurrences)
... dull. 9. (adv.) Slowly. 10. (vt) To render slow; to slacken the speed of;
to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer. 11. (vi) To ...
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Greek
5465. chalao -- to slacken
... to slacken. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chalao Phonetic Spelling:
(khal-ah'-o) Short Definition: I let down, lower Definition: I let down, lower ...
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3935. pariemi -- to pass by or over, to relax
... by or over, to relax. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pariemi Phonetic Spelling:
(par-ee'-ay-mi) Short Definition: I neglect, omit, slacken Definition: (a ...
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447. aniemi -- to send up, produce, send back
... forbear, give up, loosen. From ana and hiemi (to send); to let up, ie (literally)
slacken or (figuratively) desert, desist from -- forbear, leave, loose. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather.

2. (v.) To be remiss or backward; to be negligent.

3. (v.) To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake; as, lime slacks.

4. (v.) To abate; to become less violent.

5. (v.) To lose rapidity; to become more slow; as, a current of water slackens.

6. (v.) To languish; to fail; to flag.

7. (v.) To end; to cease; to desist; to slake.

8. (v. t.) To render slack; to make less tense or firm; as, to slack a rope; to slacken a bandage.

9. (v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.

10. (v. t.) To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake; as, to slack lime.

11. (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.

12. (v. t.) To cause to become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease.

13. (n.) A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.

Strong's Hebrew
7503. raphah -- sink, relax
... A primitive root; to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative) -- abate,
cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble ...
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1809. dalal -- to hang, be low, languish
... A primitive root (compare dalah); to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be
oppressed -- bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished ...
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