Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
2. (v. i.) To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
3. (v. i.) To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
4. (v. i.) To control one's self when provoked.
5. (v. t.) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety.
6. (v. t.) To treat with consideration or indulgence.
7. (v. t.) To cease from bearing.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
FORBEARfor-bar' (chadhal; anechomai): In the Old Testament chadhal, "to leave off," is the word most frequently translated "forbear" (Exodus 23:5, etc.); damam, "to be silent," chasakh, "to keep back," mashakh, "to draw or stretch out," occur once each; the Revised Version (British and American) renders Ezekiel 24:17 (damam), "Sigh, but not aloud," margin "Hebrew be silent,"; Proverbs 24:11 (chasakh), "See that thou hold back," margin "or forbear thou not to deliver," the King James Version "if thou forbear to deliver"; Nehemiah 9:30 (mashakh), "bear" instead of "forbear"; 'aph literally, "breathing," the "nose," hence, from violent breathing, "anger" ('erekh, "long," understood), and kul "to hold," are translated "forbearing" (Proverbs 25:15 Jeremiah 20:9, respectively).
In the New Testament we have anechomai, "to hold self back or up," "with longsuffering, forbearing one another" (Ephesians 4:2, Colossians 3:13); aniemi "to send back," the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "forbear threatening' (Ephesians 6:9); pheidomai, "to spare," "but I forbear" (2 Corinthians 12:6); meergazesthai, "not to work," "to forbear working" (1 Corinthians 9:6); stego, "to cover," "conceal": "when I could no longer forbear" (1 Thessalonians 3:1, 5).
W. L.Walker
Greek
5339. pheidomai -- to spare, forbear ... to spare,
forbear. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pheidomai Phonetic Spelling:
(fi'-dom-ahee) Short Definition: I spare, abstain Definition: I spare
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5339.htm - 6k447. aniemi -- to send up, produce, send back
... forbear, give up, loosen. From ana and hiemi (to send); to let up, ie (literally)
slacken or (figuratively) desert, desist from -- forbear, leave, loose. ...
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430. anecho -- to hold up, bear with
... 4), showing tolerance (1), tolerate (2). bear with, endure, forbear, suffer.
Middle voice from ana and echo; to hold oneself up ...
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4722. stego -- to cover closely (so as to keep water out) ...
... word Definition to cover closely (so as to keep water out), generally to bear
up under NASB Word Usage bears (1), endure (3). forbear, endure. ...
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3361. me -- not, that...not, lest (used for qualified negation)
... lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas ou expects an
affirmative one)) whether -- any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack ...
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Strong's Hebrew
2308. chadal -- to cease... cease, end, fall,
forbear, forsake, leave off, let alone, rest,. A primitive
root; properly, to be flabby, ie (by implication) desist
... /hebrew/2308.htm - 6k 1826. damam -- to be or grow dumb, silent or still
... Short Definition: cease. cease, be cut down off, forbear, hold peace, quiet
self, rest, be silent, keep put to silence, A prim root ...
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2820. chasak -- to withhold, refrain
... 1), withheld (3), withholds (2). assuage, darken, forbear, hinder, hold back,
keep back, punish, refrain,. A primitive root; to restrain ...
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4900. mashak -- to draw, drag
... to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall,
etc.) -- draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, X give ...
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Library
Yet Love Can Forbear
... THE SECOND CENTURY 30 Yet Love can forbear. Yet Love can forbear, and Love can forgive,
though it can never be reconciled to an unlovely object. ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/30 yet love can forbear.htm
Whether one Ought to Forbear from Correcting Someone, through Fear ...
... OF FRATERNAL CORRECTION (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether one ought to forbear from
correcting someone, through fear lest he become worse? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether one ought to forbear.htm
Cliv My Glass is Half Unspent; Forbear T'Arrest
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CLIV My glass is half unspent; Forbear
t'arrest. My thriftless day too soon: my poor request ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cliv my glass is half.htm
Here we Might Leave the Subject, but we Cannot Forbear Adding Some ...
... Section 6. Here we might leave the subject, but we cannot forbear adding
some further observations? 6. Here we might leave the ...
/.../jerram/thoughts on a revelation/section 6 here we might.htm
A Lullaby
... To hear me sing thy lullaby: My pretty lamb, forbear to weep; ... His holy
Spouse, thy Mother too. Sweet baby, then forbear to weep; ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/clvi a lullaby.htm
But Lest any Should Fancy that this was Granted Only to the Twelve ...
... "Or I only and Barnabas, have we not power to forbear working?" Lo, he hath taken
away all doubt even from the slowest hearts, that they may understand of what ...
/.../augustine/of the work of monks /section 7 but lest any.htm
Psalm 105. Abridged. God's Conduct of Israel, and the Plagues of ...
... 8 Then let the world forbear its rage, Nor put the church in fear: Israel must
live thro' every age, And be th' Almighty's care.]. PAUSE I. ...
/.../watts/the psalms of david/psalm 105 abridged gods conduct.htm
Psalm 105 Abridged God's Conduct of Israel, and the Plagues of ...
... Shall know their God is strong.". Then let the world forbear its rage,. ... Their
glory and their pride. Now let the world forbear its rage,. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 105 abridged gods conduct.htm
1 Thessalonians iii. 8-May
... Homily IV. 1 Thessalonians iii. 5-8. 1 Thessalonians iii.5-8 "For this cause I also,
when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by ...
/.../homily iv 1 thessalonians iii.htm
But, if it Does not Weary You, Let the Point Out as Briefly as ...
... Of this also the Prophet speaks, "And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me
my price, or if not, forbear;" and presently, "I received from them," he says ...
/.../20 but if it does.htm
Thesaurus
Forbear (24 Occurrences)... 5. (vt) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to
forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety.
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
FORBEAR.
.../f/forbear.htm - 16kRefrain (33 Occurrences)
... govern. 2. (vt) To abstain from. 3. (vi) To keep one's self from action
or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain. 4 ...
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Ramoth (30 Occurrences)
... of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them,
"Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?" They said ...
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Ramothgilead (19 Occurrences)
... the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said
unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? ...
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Ramoth-gilead (20 Occurrences)
... the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said
unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? ...
/r/ramoth-gilead.htm - 20k
Victorious (17 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 22:15 When he had come to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall
we go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?" He answered him, "Go ...
/v/victorious.htm - 11k
Neglect (19 Occurrences)
... 1. (adv.) Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in
regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to ...
/n/neglect.htm - 12k
Micai'ah (27 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 22:15 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him: 'Micaiah,
shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear?' And he answered ...
/m/micai'ah.htm - 13k
Spare (80 Occurrences)
... 2. (v.) To keep to one's self; to forbear to impart or give. 3. (v.) To
preserve from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish ...
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Stay (221 Occurrences)
... still. 12. (vi) To continue in a state. 13. (vi) To wait; to attend; to
forbear to act. 14. (vi) To dwell; to tarry; to linger. 15. ...
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