~ for a while ~ 40_MAT_13_21  Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while, for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. #, 42_LUK_08_13  They on the rock [are they], which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. #, 42_LUK_18_04  And he would not for a while, but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; #,