Topic
Sleight
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Ephesians 4:14ISBE
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;
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
slit: No connection with "slight," but from the same root as "sly" and so = "cunning." So in Eph 4:14, "sleight of men," for kubeia, "dice-plalying" (compare "cube") "gamblers' tricks" "trickery."
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.