Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v. t.) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.
2. (v. t.) To abstain from
3. (v. i.) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain.
4. (n.) The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.
Greek
3973. pauo -- to make to cease, hinder ... cease, leave,
refrain. A primary verb ("pause"); to stop (transitively or
intransitively), ie Restrain, quit, desist, come to an end -- cease, leave,
refrain.
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3973.htm - 7k868. aphistemi -- to lead away, to depart from
... depart, fall away, refrain, withdraw self. ... depart, draw (fall) away, refrain, withdraw
self. see GREEK apo. see GREEK histemi. (apeste) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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567. apechomai -- abstain.
... of apecho, qv. abstain. Middle voice (reflexively) of apecho; to hold oneself off,
ie Refrain -- abstain. see GREEK apecho. (apechesthai) -- 5 Occurrences. ...
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2270. hesuchazo -- to be still, be silent
... From the same as hesuchios; to keep still (intransitively), ie Refrain from labor,
meddlesomeness or speech -- cease, hold peace, be quiet, rest. ...
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2664. katapauo -- to cause to cease, to rest
... Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ap-ow'-o) Short Definition: I rest, cause to rest Definition:
(a) trans: I cause to rest, bring to rest; I cause to refrain, (b) intrans ...
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3361. me -- not, that...not, lest (used for qualified negation)
... 1), never (17), never* (16), no (67), no one (1), no* (11), none (2), none* (2),
nothing (2), nothing* (3), only* (11), or (4), otherwise* (3), refrain (1), so ...
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5339. pheidomai -- to spare, forbear
... forbear. Word Origin a prim. verb Definition to spare, forbear NASB Word
Usage refrain (1), spare (8), sparing (1). forbear, spare. ...
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3756. ou, ouk, ouch -- not, no
... none (4), none* (3), nor (3), nothing (8), nothing* (13), nowhere* (2), number
(1), number* (2), only* (5), rather (2), rather than (1), refrain (1), refused ...
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Strong's Hebrew
2820. chasak -- to withhold, refrain... 2819b, 2820. chasak. 2821 . to withhold,
refrain. Transliteration: chasak Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-sak') Short Definition: withheld. Word Origin a prim.
... /hebrew/2820.htm - 6k 4513. mana -- to withhold, hold back
... deny, keep back, refrain, restrain, withhold. A primitive root; to debar
(negatively or positively) from benefit or injury -- deny ...
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6113. atsar -- to restrain, retain
... closed fast (1), confined (3), could (1), detain (2), detained (1), held back (2),
kept (1), prevail (1), prevented (1), recover (1), refrain (1), restrained (1 ...
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5702. agan -- to shut oneself in or off
... 5701, 5702. agan. 5703 . to shut oneself in or off. Transliteration: agan Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-gan') Short Definition: refrain. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3607. kala -- to shut up, restrain, withhold
... finish, forbid, keep back, refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed,.
A primitive root; to restrict, by act (hold back or in ...
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2413. chatam -- to hold in, restrain
... root Definition to hold in, restrain NASB Word Usage restrain (1). refrain. A primitive
root; to stop -- refrain. 2412, 2413. chatam. 2414 . Strong's Numbers
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2308. chadal -- to cease
... fail (1), failed (1), gave (1), hold back (1), leave (5), let my alone (1), neglects
(1), never mind (2), no (1), past (1), quit (1), refrain (6), refrained (1 ...
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3808. lo -- not
... 19), nor (401), nor* (5), nothing (35), nothing* (27), nowhere* (1), or (10), or
else (1), otherwise (4), pathless* (2), rather than (3), refrain (1), refuse ...
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7368. rachaq -- to be or become far or distant
... of place or relation) -- (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove,
be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a ...
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5975. amad -- to take one's stand, stand
... opposed (2), persists (1), place (1), placed (2), present (3), presented (1), presented*
(1), propped (2), quake (1), raise (2), raised (1), refrain (1), rely ...
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Library
Refrain
... HYMNS OF THE EARLY CHURCH Refrain. 6,6,8,6 Refrain. The time is drawing near,.
It may not tarry long,. When they who face the conflict here,. ...
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Wherefore, O Men, Refrain from Obstructing what You Hope for by ...
... Book II. 78 Wherefore, O men, refrain from obstructing what you hope for by
vain questions? Wherefore, O men, refrain from obstructing ...
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Fading, Still Fading PM , with Refrain. Evening Prayer.
... 60 Fading, Still Fading PM, with Refrain. Evening Prayer. Evening Prayer.
Fading, still fading, the last beam is shining; Father ...
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Does Pelagius Designedly Refrain from Openly Saying that all Good ...
... A Treatise on the grace of christ, and on original sin, Chapter 17 [XVI.]"Does Pelagius
Designedly Refrain from Openly Saying that All Good Action is from God ...
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Whether it is Lawful for a Priest to Refrain Entirely from ...
... OF THE MINISTER OF THIS SACRAMENT (TEN ARTICLES) Whether it is lawful for a
priest to refrain entirely from consecrating the Eucharist? ...
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It Would Therefore be to their Profit, for the Young to Refrain ...
... II."Ascetic and Moral. Chapter XXIV. It would therefore be to their profit,
for the young to refrain from laying down? It would ...
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The Lord of Life to Earth came Down
... tr., John Brownlie. CAROL [1]. kai Poimenes eidon to thauma, Angelon anumnounton,
kai legonton?� Doxa. Refrain. I. ... While angels praise Him in the sky. Refrain. III ...
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The Oratorio of victory.
... ever.". In chapter four[15] comes a quartette. The four living creatures round
about the throne take up the refrain of John's solo. And ...
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Harvest Hymn
... Grace fills our lives with goodness He bestows. Refrain. Bountiful Giver, Thine
be the praise,. ... Such are the treasures that His bounty gives. Refrain. III. ...
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Whether it is Lawful to Abstain Altogether from Communion?
... is praised for saying (Mat.8:8): "Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter
under my roof"; and he who deems that he ought to refrain entirely from ...
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Thesaurus
Refrain (33 Occurrences)... Multi-Version Concordance
Refrain (33 Occurrences). Acts 4:20 for as for us we cannot
refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard. (DBY).
.../r/refrain.htm - 16kLip (20 Occurrences)
... 13). To "open the lips" is to begin to speak (Job 11:5); to "refrain the
lips" is to keep silence (Psalm 40:9; 1 Peter 3:10). The ...
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Refrained (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Refrain. Multi-Version Concordance
Refrained (14 Occurrences). John 19:33 Then they came ...
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Pledge (55 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A promise or agreement by which one binds one's self to do, or to refrain
from doing, something; especially, a solemn promise in writing to refrain...
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Spare (80 Occurrences)
... parsimonious. 7. (vi) To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or
forbearance. 8. (vi) To desist; to stop; to refrain. 9. (vt ...
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Restrain (31 Occurrences)
... restrain them. (YLT). Proverbs 1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them;
Refrain thy foot from their path: (See JPS). Proverbs 27 ...
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Refractory (7 Occurrences)
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Proverbs (11 Occurrences)
... The little poem on the sluggard (Proverbs 24:30-34), with its refrain (Proverbs
24:33, 14), is noteworthy as being apparently one stanza of a poem which is ...
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Quiet (167 Occurrences)
... In the New Testament, it is the translation of hesuchazo, "to refrain from gossip
or meddlesomehess": "that ye study to be quiet": (1 Thessalonians 4:11), and ...
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Valuable (17 Occurrences)
... their gods, with their molten images, and with their goodly vessels of silver and
of gold, shall he carry captive into Egypt; and he shall refrain some years ...
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