Stab
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.

2. (v. t.) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.

3. (v. i.) To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.

4. (v. i.) To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.

5. (n.) The thrust of a pointed weapon.

6. (n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.

7. (n.) Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.

Greek
3572. nusso -- to pierce
... to pierce. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: nusso Phonetic Spelling:
(noos'-so) Short Definition: I prick, pierce, stab Definition: I prick, pierce. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3572.htm - 6k
Strong's Hebrew
4094a. madqarah -- a piercing, stab, thrust
... 4094, 4094a. madqarah. 4094b . a piercing, stab, thrust. Transliteration:
madqarah Short Definition: thrusts. Word Origin from daqar ...
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4094. madqarah -- a piercing, stab, thrust
... 4093, 4094. madqarah. 4094a . a piercing, stab, thrust. Transliteration: madqarah
Phonetic Spelling: (mad-kaw-raw') Short Definition: piercing. piercing ...
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2944. taan -- to pierce
... root Definition to pierce NASB Word Usage pierced (1). thrust through. A primitive
root; to stab -- thrust through. 2943, 2944. taan. 2945 . Strong's Numbers
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6895. qabab -- to utter a curse against, curse
... curse. A primitive root; to scoop out, ie (figuratively) to malign or execrate
(ie Stab with words) -- X at all, curse. 6894, 6895. qabab. 6896 . ...
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1857. Deqer -- Dekar
... Word Origin see Ben-deqer. Dekar From daqar; a stab; Deker, an Israelite -- Dekar.
see HEBREW daqar. 1856, 1857. Deqer. 1858 . Strong's Numbers.
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1856. daqar -- to pierce, pierce through
... pierce, strike through, wound. A primitive root; to stab; by analogy, to starve;
figuratively, to revile -- pierce, strike (thrust) through, wound. ...
/hebrew/1856.htm - 6k

Library

The Third Word from the Cross
... Often perhaps had she wondered, in happy days, what this mysterious prediction might
mean. But now she knew, for the sword was smiting her, stab after stab. ...
/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter xvi the third word.htm

Taking it for Granted.
... "Of course. His own interest prompts him to do right here; but when an
opportunity to stab me in the dark offers, he embraces it. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/arthur/words for the wise/taking it for granted.htm

The Betrayal
... This was a stab indeed! ... "This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble
Caesar saw him stab,. Ingratitude, more strong than traitor's arms,. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/the betrayal.htm

Human Inability
... illustration. You see a mother with her babe in her arms. You put a knife into
her hand, and tell her to stab that babe to the heart. She ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/human inability.htm

Charity and Rebuke.
... He did not go and mutter behind Peter's back and stab him in the dark". ...
but he will not be afraid to stab a man behind his back. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/booth/godliness/chapter iv charity and rebuke.htm

The Entrance to the Life of Full Obedience
... When the ambassadors have delivered their message, he calls one of his soldiers
to stab himself. At once he does it. A second is called; he too obeys at once. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/murray/the school of obedience/v the entrance to the.htm

Striking Similes
... A giant galleon overhead, looked like some misty monster of the deep. A glacial
pang of pain like the stab of a dagger of ice frozen from a poisoned well. ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section viii striking similes.htm

Why Christ must Depart
... The spell is broken. A terrible revulsion of feeling comes over Him"as if a stab
in the dark had struck into His heart. He cannot go on now. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the ideal life/why christ must depart.htm

Degrees of Sin
... enhances men's sins. These sins make deep wounds in the soul; other sins
fetch blood; they are a stab at the heart. How many ways ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the ten commandments/3 2 degrees of sin.htm

Two Safe
... He was a loving boy. Could it have been easy to stab his mother's heart? When
the household woke that morning he was on his way to us. ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter xxx two safe.htm

Thesaurus
Stab (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed
instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab...
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Wound (58 Occurrences)
... caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or
in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the ...
/w/wound.htm - 24k

Thrust (92 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through. 5. (vi) To make a push; to
attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist. ...
/t/thrust.htm - 35k

Stabbed (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Stab. Multi-Version Concordance
Stabbed (6 Occurrences). Numbers 35:20 If he thrust him ...
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Stick (47 Occurrences)
... It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood
is used. 6. (n.) A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab. ...
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Job (60 Occurrences)
... matters.". Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
2 ... job. 6. (vt) To strike or stab with a pointed instrument. 7 ...
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Knife (10 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A sword or dagger. 3. (vt) To prune with the knife. 4. (vt) To cut or
stab with a knife. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. KNIFE. ...
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Use (620 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near the end,
and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging. 10. ...
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Gore (9 Occurrences)
... fesse point. 6. (vt) To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with
a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab. 7. (vt) To ...
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Dagger (6 Occurrences)
... It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; --
called also obelisk. 3. (vt) To pierce with a dagger; to stab. ...
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Resources
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Concordance
Stab (1 Occurrence)

Zechariah 13:3
It will happen that, when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him,'You must die, because you speak lies in the name of Yahweh;' and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies.
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