Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to enclose; to hold.
2. (v. t.) To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.
3. (v. t.) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.
4. (v. i.) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
CONTAINkon-tan'.
See CONTINENCY.
Greek
4023. periecho -- to surround ... to surround. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: periecho Phonetic Spelling:
(per-ee-ekh'-o) Short Definition: I
contain, seize Definition: (a) I
contain (of
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4023.htm - 7k5562. choreo -- to make room, advance, hold
... Phonetic Spelling: (kho-reh'-o) Short Definition: I make room, go, receive Definition:
(lit: I make room, hence) (a) I have room for, receive, contain, (b) I ...
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4632. skeuos -- a vessel, implement, pl. goods
... goods. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: skeuos Phonetic Spelling:
(skyoo'-os) Short Definition: a vessel to contain liquid, utensil, tackle ...
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1467. egkrateuomai -- to exercise self-control
... contain, be temperate. Middle voice from egkrates; to exercise self-restraint (in
diet and chastity) -- can(-not) contain, be temperate. see GREEK egkrates. ...
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3551. nomos -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law
... law; in NT: of law in general, plur: of divine laws; of a force or influence impelling
to action; of the Mosaic law; meton: of the books which contain the law ...
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Strong's Hebrew
3557. kul -- to comprehend, contain... 3556, 3557. kul. 3558 . to comprehend,
contain. Transliteration: kul Phonetic
Spelling: (kool) Short Definition: provided. Word Origin a prim.
... /hebrew/3557.htm - 6k 1004. bayith -- a house
... 1), within (3). court, door, dungeon, family, forth of, great as would contain,
hangings,. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house ...
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5375. nasa -- to lift, carry, take
... 10), bring forth (1), bringing (7), brought (5), carried (45), carries (6), carry
(45), carry away (1), carry off (2), carrying (20), contain (1), continued* (1 ...
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5845. atin -- probably a pail, bucket
... breast. From an unused root meaning apparently to contain; a receptacle (for milk,
ie Pail; figuratively, breast) -- breast. 5844b, 5845. atin. 5846 . ...
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662. aphaq -- to hold, be strong
... force oneself, restrain. A primitive root; to contain, ie (reflex.) Abstain -- force
(oneself), restrain. 661, 662. aphaq. 663 . Strong's Numbers.
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2833. choshen -- breastpiece, sacred pouch
... From an unused root probably meaning to contain or sparkle; perhaps a pocket (as
holding the Urim and Thummim), or rich (as containing gems), used only of the ...
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Library
Whether the Sacraments of the New Law Contain Grace?
... OF THE SACRAMENTS' PRINCIPAL EFFECT, WHICH IS GRACE (SIX ARTICLES) Whether
the sacraments of the New Law contain grace? Objection ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the sacraments of the.htm
Why Does the New Testament Contain Four Gospels and not one Only?
... THE ORIGIN OF THE NEW TESTAMENT 3. Why does the New Testament contain Four
Gospels and not One only? The original title of the Gospels ...
/.../harnack/the origin of the new testament/ 3 why does the.htm
All Sects of Philosophy Contain a Germ of Truth.
... The Stromata, or Miscellanies: Book I Chapter XIII."All Sects of Philosophy
Contain a Germ of Truth. Since, therefore, truth is ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xiii all sects of philosophy.htm
Do the Heaven and Earth Then Contain Thee, Since Thou Fillest Them ...
... Book I Chapter III Do the heaven and earth then contain Thee, since Thou fillest
them? ... Do the heaven and earth then contain Thee, since Thou fillest them? ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter iii do the heaven.htm
The New Year All-Embracing as the Greek Service Books Are ...
... STILLING THE TEMPEST THE NEW YEAR All-embracing as the Greek service books are,
curiously enough they contain, strictly speaking, no Thanksgiving services. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the russian church/the new year all-embracing as.htm
What is the Sum of the Six Commandments which Contain Our Duty to ...
... Question 122: What is the sum of the six commandments which contain our
duty to man? Answer: The sum of the six commandments which ...
/.../anonymous/the westminster larger catechism/question 122 0 0 what is the.htm
Celsus Appears to Me to have Heard that There are Treatises in ...
... Chapter LI. Celsus appears to me to have heard that there are treatises
in existence which contain? Celsus appears to me to have ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter li celsus appears to.htm
After This, Selecting from all the Treatises which Contain ...
... Chapter LII. After this, selecting from all the treatises which contain
allegorical explanations and interpretations? After this ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lii after this selecting.htm
Appendix (D). Some Account of victor of Antioch's Commentary on S. ...
... which contain Victor's Work. (Referred to at p.60.) ... I conclude these notices of an
unjustly neglected Father, by specifying the MSS. which contain his Work. ...
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How, I Ask, Can You, Seeing that Your Commentaries Contain Such ...
... How, I ask, can you, seeing that your Commentaries contain such doctrines, put them
forward to prove your soundness in the faith, and to confute those ideas ...
/.../24 how i ask can.htm
Thesaurus
Contain (19 Occurrences)... chastity. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
CONTAIN. kon-tan'. See CONTINENCY.
Multi-Version Concordance
Contain (19 Occurrences). John
.../c/contain.htm - 13kComprehend (9 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian
Empire. ... (2) kul, "to measure" or "contain," as grain in a bushel. ...
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Kings (350 Occurrences)
... They contain the annals of the Jewish commonwealth from the accession of Solomon
till the subjugation of the kingdom by Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonians ...
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Proverbs (11 Occurrences)
... This book is usually divided into three parts: (1.) Consisting of ch. 1-9, which
contain an exhibition of wisdom as the highest good. (2.) Consisting of ch. ...
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Jeshurun (4 Occurrences)
... (2) Most moderns take it as a poetical or ideal title of Israel, derived from yashar,
"upright"; it is held to contain a tacit reference to the word Israel ...
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Include (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to enclose; as, the
shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell. ...
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Contained (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Contain. Multi-Version Concordance
Contained (11 Occurrences). Romans 2:14 For when the ...
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Canon
... A book is said to be of canonical authority when it has a right to take a place
with the other books which contain a revelation of the Divine will. ...
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Acid (2 Occurrences)
... They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either
alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their names from this negative ...
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Surety (21 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 20:16 seems to contain an exclamation of contemptuous rebuke for the man
who goes security. Proverbs 22:26; Proverbs 27:13 contain like admonitions. ...
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