International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
SLIPAs meaning "a cutting from a plant," it is still good English. In this sense in Isaiah 17:10 for zemorah, "branch," "twig." For the phrase "slip of the tongue" compare Sirach 14:1; 19:16; 20:18; 21:07; 25:08:00.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.
2. (n.) To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.
3. (n.) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
4. (n.) To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.
5. (n.) To err; to fall into error or fault.
6. (v. t.) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
7. (v. t.) To omit; to loose by negligence.
8. (v. t.) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.
9. (v. t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
10. (v. t.) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
11. (v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
12. (n.) The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
13. (n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
14. (n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
15. (n.) A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
16. (n.) A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
17. (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.
18. (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
19. (n.) Any covering easily slipped on.
20. (n.) A loose garment worn by a woman.
21. (n.) A child's pinafore.
22. (n.) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.
23. (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like.
24. (n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.
25. (n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
26. (n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.
27. (n.) A particular quantity of yarn.
28. (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built, or upon which it is hauled for repair.
29. (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.
30. (n.) A narrow passage between buildings.
31. (n.) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
32. (n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
33. (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
34. (n.) A fish, the sole.
35. (n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.
Strong's Hebrew
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.
... /hebrew/4571.htm - 6k 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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5394. nashal -- to slip or drop off, draw off, clear away
... nashal. 5395 >>. to slip or drop off, draw off, clear away. Transliteration: nashal
Phonetic Spelling: (naw-shal') Short Definition: remove. Word Origin a prim. ...
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8363. shethil -- a transplanted shoot, slip
... shethil or shathil. 8364 >>. a transplanted shoot, slip. Transliteration: shethil
or shathil Phonetic Spelling: (sheth-eel') Short Definition: plants. ...
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4422. malat -- to slip away
... << 4421, 4422. malat. 4423 >>. to slip away. Transliteration: malat Phonetic Spelling:
(maw-lat') Short Definition: escape. Word Origin a prim. ...
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8210. shaphak -- to pour out, pour
... cast up, gush out, pour out, shedder, out, slip. A primitive root; to spill
forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid ...
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2156. zemorah -- branch, twig, shoot
... vine, branch, slip. Or zmorah {zem-o-raw'} (feminine); and zmor {zem-ore'} (masculine);
from zamar; a twig (as pruned) -- vine, branch, slip. see HEBREW zamar. ...
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6362. patar -- to separate, remove, set free
... dismiss, free, let shoot out, slip away. A primitive root; to cleave or
burst through, ie (causatively) to emit, whether literal ...
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4154. muedeth -- out of joint
... Word Origin the same as maad, qv. out of joint Feminine passive participle of
ma'ad; properly, made to slip, ie Dislocated -- out of joint. see HEBREW ma'ad. ...
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6403. palat -- to escape
... A primitive root; to slip out, ie Escape; causatively, to deliver -- calve, carry
away safe, deliver, (cause to) escape. << 6402, 6403. palat. 6404 >>. ...
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