| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step. 2. (n.) The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces. 3. (n.) Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace. 4. (n.) A slow gait; a footpace. 5. (n.) Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack. 6. (n.) Any single movement, step, or procedure. 7. (n.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall. 8. (n.) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web. 9. (v. i.) To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps. 10. (v. i.) To proceed; to pass on. 11. (v. i.) To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack. 12. (v. i.) To pass away; to die. 13. (v. t.) To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round. 14. (v. t.) To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground. 15. (v. t.) To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PACE pas (tsa`adh): A step in 2 Samuel 6:13, hence, about one yard. | Multi-Version Concordance Pace (3 Occurrences) 2 Timothy 2:22 after righteousness, faith, love, pace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. (ASV) Genesis 33:14 Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir." (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV) 2 Kings 4:24 Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, "Drive, and go forward! Don't slow down for me, unless I ask you to." (See NAS RSV) |