KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To slide or lose firm footing. Sense 2: To escape or be lost from one's hold or attention.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 2 Samuel 22:37
Complete exact-word concordance
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder me: so that my feet did not slip.
1611 marginal noteHebr. ancles.
He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
He that is ready to slippe with his feet, is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
Hold vp my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
1611 marginal noteHeb. be not moued.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
Thou hast enlarged my steppes vnder me; that my feete did not slippe.
1611 marginal noteHeb. mine ankles.
THEREFORE we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
¶ Therefore we ought to giue the more earnest heede to the things which we haue heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
1611 marginal noteGr. run out as leaking vessels.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
THEREFORE we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
To slide; not to tread firmly. To escape insensibly; to be lost.
