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Shift (1 Occurrence)

2 Chronicles 23:8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath; with those who were to go out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest didn't dismiss the shift. (WEB)

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Shift (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as,
to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame. ...
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Shields (44 Occurrences)

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Respect (204 Occurrences)
... By a shift in force the phrase came to mean "accept the person instead of the cause"
or "show partiality" (Job 13:8, 10 the American Standard Revised Version ...
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Ease (46 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly;
to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery. ...
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Expedient (8 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish
an end. 4. (n.) Means devised in an exigency; shift. Int. ...
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Double (49 Occurrences)
... plait; a fold. 18. (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues;
hence, a trick; a shift; an artifice. 19. (n.) Something ...
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Dismiss (15 Occurrences)
... took every man his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath; with those who
were to go out on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest didn't dismiss the shift...
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Doubling (1 Occurrence)
... that which is doubled. 3. (n.) A turning and winding; as, the doubling of
a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. 4. (n.) The lining ...
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Memphis (8 Occurrences)
... the rulers had moved 10 miles North to Babylon by Roman times, then to Fostat, then
Cairo, and lastly now to Abbasiyeh and Kubkeh, altogether a shift of 18 ...
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Persons (156 Occurrences)
... By a shift in force the phrase came to mean "accept the person instead of the cause"
or "show partiality" (Job 13:8, 10 the American Standard Revised Version ...
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Greek
3349. meteorizo -- to raise on high, fig. to be in suspense
... 3349 -- properly, in mid-air; (figuratively) to shift from one "conviction" to
another; (), like a person living "" (used only in Lk 12:29). ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

2. (v. t.) To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame.

3. (v. t.) To change the position of; to alter the bearings of; to turn; as, to shift the helm or sails.

4. (v. t.) To exchange for another of the same class; to remove and to put some similar thing in its place; to change; as, to shift the clothes; to shift the scenes.

5. (v. t.) To change the clothing of; -- used reflexively.

6. (v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some expedient.

7. (n.) The act of shifting.

8. (n.) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing; change; substitution.

9. (v. t.) Something frequently shifted; especially, a woman's under-garment; a chemise.

10. (n.) The change of one set of workmen for another; hence, a spell, or turn, of work; also, a set of workmen who work in turn with other sets; as, a night shift.

11. (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.

12. (n.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.

13. (n.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin.

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