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To toss

κλυδωνίζωStrong’s G2831

kludōnizō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Kludōnizō is the Greek word usually translated “being tossed by waves”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;”
Ephesians 4:14 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “being tossed by waves”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • being tossed by waves 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ephesians 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    κλυδωνίζω kludōnizō · to toss

    κλυδωνίζομαι (κλύδων), [in LXX: Isa.57:20 (גָּרַשׁ)* ;] to be tossed by waves; metaphorically, to be tossed like waves (cf. FlJ, Ant., ix, 11, 3): Eph.4:14.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “toss” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    TOSS, verb transitive

    preterit tense and participle passive tossed or tost.

    1. To throw with the hand; particularly, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.
    2. To throw with violence.
    3. To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head; or to toss up the head.
    4. To cause to rise and fall; as, to be tossed on the waves.“We, being exceedingly tossed with a tempest--” Acts 27:18
    All definitions and other forms of “toss”
    1. To move one way and the other. Proverbs 21:6
    2. To agitate; to make restless.
    3. To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.

    TOSS, verb intransitive

    To fling; to roll and tumble; to writhe; to be in violent commotion.

    1. To be tossed.

    TOSS, noun

    A throwing upward or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as the toss of a ball.

    1. A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.