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SLEIGHT

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No connection with "slight," but from the same root as "sly" and so = "cunning." So in Ephesians 4:14, "sleight of men," for kubeia, "dice-plalying" (compare "cube") "gamblers' tricks" "trickery."

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SLEIGHT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.