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Strong's Hebrew

7725. shub -- to turn back, return
... root Definition to turn back, return NASB Word Usage again (53), answer (4), answer*
(5), answered (5), averted (1), back (7), back again (2), bring (1), bring ...
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Library

The Thunderbolt Averted
... BOOK I. ANTIOCH CHAPTER VIII THE THUNDERBOLT AVERTED. Thou art a king, a
sovereign o'er frail men; I am a Druid, servant of the gods; ...
/.../chapter viii the thunderbolt averted.htm

CHAP. II. 4-25 (2-23).
... the divorce is to be considered as having already taken place outwardly, whilst
the contending here clearly appears as one by which divorce may yet be averted. ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/chap ii 25-apr 2-23.htm

That Astrology, Soothsaying, and Similar Arts are the Invention of ...
... has often been freed from imminent dangers by their interposition; [343] which dangers
they have both announced, and when appeased with sacrifices, have averted ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xvii that astrology soothsaying and.htm

The Believer not an Orphan. "I Will not Leave You Comfortless: I ...
... Observe, first, here is an evil averted: "I will not leave you orphans;" and, in
the second place, here is a consolation provided: "I will come to you.". ...
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The Power of Prayer in Relation to Outward Circumstances.
... into harmony with the thought of God, then we may and shall direct our wishes to
certain things that we desire may occur to, or be averted from ourselves or ...
/.../schleiermacher/selected sermons of schleiermacher/i the power of prayer.htm

The Call of Matthew - the Saviour's Welcome to Sinners - Rabbinic ...
... It not only averted punishment and prolonged life, but brought good, even
the final redemption to Israel and the world at large. ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xvii the call of.htm

Three Youths Save Constantinople
... The peril must be averted by secret means.'. ... Philip and his friends had not seen
how this tremendous peril was to be averted. The suggestion came from Eutyches. ...
/.../chapter xxxii three youths save.htm

The Book of the Law
... This reform movement, by which threatened judgments were averted for a season, was
brought about in a wholly unexpected manner through the discovery and study ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 33 the book of.htm

Holy Exercises of Resignation.
... though never so necessary; 2. or of books; 3. or of convenient lodgings; 4. and
to have those things bestowed on me from which my nature is most averted.5. To ...
/.../holy exercises of resignation.htm

Guelf and Ghibelline. (ii)
... the Lombards. A breach with Frederick was only averted by Honorius' death (March,
1227). [Sidenote: Gregory IX (1227-41).]. His successor ...
/.../medley/the church and the empire/chapter xv guelf and ghibelline.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Avert.

2. (a.) Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious.

Thesaurus

Averted (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (imp. & pp) of Avert. 2. (a.) Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling;
also, offended; unpropitious. Multi-Version Concordance Averted (5 Occurrences). ...
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Avert (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (v.) To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off,
or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? ...
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Zephaniah (11 Occurrences)
... 21:1) regarding the coming woes which he had denounced, and to entreat the prophet's
intercession that the judgment threatened might be averted (Jeremiah 29:25 ...
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Jabez (3 Occurrences)
... play upon words recurs in his prayer, "that it be not to my sorrow!" His request
was granted, "and the sorrow implied by his ominous name was averted by prayer ...
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Repentance (28 Occurrences)
... to our understanding, God is represented as repenting when delayed penalties are
at last to be inflicted, or when threatened evils have been averted by genuine ...
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Esther (48 Occurrences)
... Jews throughout the Persian empire. By the interposition of Esther this
terrible catastrophe was averted. Haman was hanged on the ...
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Expiation (9 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) An act by which the treats of prodigies were averted among the ancient
heathen. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. EXPIATION. ...
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Murmuring (14 Occurrences)
... Of the Hebrews in the wilderness, called forth the displeasure of God, which was
only averted by the earnest prayer of Moses (Numbers 11:33, 34; 12; 14:27, 30 ...
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Ahithophel (17 Occurrences)
... that Absalom had sacrificed his one opportunity, and he committed suicide to avoid
participation in the shameful defeat which he saw could not be averted. ...
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Averts (1 Occurrence)

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Bible Concordance

Averted (5 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 24:21 Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" David said, "To buy your threshing floor, to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people."
(See RSV)

2 Samuel 24:25 And there David put up an altar to the Lord, making burned offerings and peace-offerings. So the Lord gave ear to his prayer for the land, and the disease came to an end in Israel.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place where this grain-floor is, so that I may put up an altar here to the Lord: let me have it for its full price; so that this disease may be stopped among the people.
(See RSV)

Ezra 10:14 Let now our princes of all the congregation stand, and let all them that are in our cities that have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, as touching this matter.'
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 7:13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude of it, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

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Related Terms

Avert (2 Occurrences)

Zephaniah (11 Occurrences)

Jabez (3 Occurrences)

Repentance (28 Occurrences)

Esther (48 Occurrences)

Expiation (9 Occurrences)

Murmuring (14 Occurrences)

Ahithophel (17 Occurrences)

Averts (1 Occurrence)