Webster 1828 · headword: string
View source image ↗A small cord, line, or slender band used for fastening, tying, or tension.
KJV WORD
string
COMBINED MEANING
Meaning of string
A cord or line, including a bowstring; figuratively in Mark 7:35, the restraint or impediment of the tongue.
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Root: string
A cord or line, including a bowstring; figuratively in Mark 7:35, the restraint or impediment of the tongue.
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Every occurrence of “string”
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Meaning here: A cord or line, especially the cord of a bow.
And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
Meaning here: Figuratively, the restraint or impediment that kept the tongue from moving freely.