Bible Encyclopedia: Obstruction

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Greek

5146. tribolos -- a thistle
... brier, thistle. From treis and belos; properly, a crow-foot (three-pronged obstruction
in war), ie (by analogy) a thorny plant (caltrop) -- brier, thistle. ...
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Library

The Allies of the Tempter.
... How can you regulate an obstruction that is involved with the springs of
a machine, or the works of a clock? The only possible method ...
/.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse vi the allies of.htm

How Does it Come?
... Either the authorities have cut off our supply because of some infraction of the
law on our part, or there is an obstruction in our service pipe, or the ...
/.../macneil/the spirit-filled life/chapter xiv how does it.htm

Of the Way of Man's Delivery.
... Therefore Jesus Christ, who came himself into the world to satisfy justice and remove
its plea, that there might be no obstruction from that airth, he sends ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/lecture xxv of the way.htm

But they with whom we Argue have Undoubtedly a Right to Select ...
... that many of them were thrown into violent convulsions, which convulsions, in certain
instances, produced a removal of disorder, depending upon obstruction. ...
/.../paley/evidences of christianity/chapter ii but they with.htm

The Intimacy of Human Hearts in Christ
... The same divine Cause tends always to similar effects. Unhappily it does not
always act without obstruction"obstruction which need not be. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/moule/philippian studies/chapter ii the intimacy of.htm

'In this Mountain'
... Not one beam can penetrate through the wet, chill obstruction, and men stumble about
in the fog with lamps and torches, and all the while a hundred feet up it ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/in this mountain.htm

Christian Graces.
... I call that an intermitting pulse, with reference to the fear we speak of, when
there is some obstruction by the workings of corruption in the soul: I say ...
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Composition and Style
... As the current of rivers is swifter and more impetuous in a free and open channel
than amidst an obstruction of rocks breaking and struggling against the flow ...
/.../kleiser/the training of a public speaker/composition and style.htm

Miscellaneous Subjects.
... To deny women such a privilege is contrary to the Christian spirit of
equality, and a serious obstruction to pure gospel light. ...
/.../orr/the gospel day /chapter xvi miscellaneous subjects.htm

On the End of the World.
... the nature of bodily matter, although cleansed and purified, and rendered altogether
spiritual, does not seem either to offer an obstruction towards attaining ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen de principiis/chapter vi on the end of.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) That which impedes; an obstacle; a hindrance.

2. (n.) The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.

Thesaurus

Obstruction (1 Occurrence)
... the arrest of the vital functions; death. Multi-Version Concordance
Obstruction (1 Occurrence). Isaiah 57:14 And I will say, Make ...
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Rub (1 Occurrence)
... (n.) The act of rubbing; friction. 11. (n.) That which rubs; that which tends to
hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment ...
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Barrier (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or
other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy. ...
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Block (22 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept. 9. (vt) Any obstruction, or cause
of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way. ...
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Barricade (5 Occurrences)
... enemy. It is usually an obstruction formed in streets to block an enemy's
access. 2. (n.) Any bar, obstruction, or means of defense. ...
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Bar (27 Occurrences)
... long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various
other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as ...
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Clear (641 Occurrences)
... clear profit. 10. (superl.) Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed;
as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt. 11. (superl ...
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Stop (108 Occurrences)
... 11. (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress
or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction. 12. ...
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Smooth (39 Occurrences)
... 4. (superl.) Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh;
voluble; even; fluent. ... 11. (v.) To free from obstruction; to make easy. ...
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Obstinate (12 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Obstruction (1 Occurrence)

Isaiah 57:14 And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Obstruction

Related Terms

Rub (1 Occurrence)

Barrier (4 Occurrences)

Block (22 Occurrences)

Barricade (5 Occurrences)

Bar (27 Occurrences)