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Greek

1915. epiblema -- that which is put on, ie a patch
... that which is put on, ie a patch. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration:
epiblema Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ib'-lay-mah) Short Definition: a patch on a ...
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4138. pleroma -- fullness, a filling up
... Spelling: (play'-ro-mah) Short Definition: fullness, fulfillment, completion Definition:
(a) a fill, fullness; full complement; supply, patch, supplement, (b ...
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4237. prasia -- a garden bed
... Perhaps from prason (a leek, and so an onion-patch); a garden plot, ie (by implication,
of regular beds) a row (repeated in plural by Hebraism, to indicate an ...
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2048. eremos -- solitary, desolate
... Here and there, in clefts and basins, and on the hillsides, grade on grade, you
observe a patch of corn, a clump of olives, a single palm' " (, 22).]. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2921. tala -- to patch, spot
... 2920, 2921. tala. 2922 . to patch, spot. Transliteration: tala Phonetic Spelling:
(taw-law') Short Definition: spotted. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4750. miqshah -- field of cucumbers
... garden of cucumbers. Denominative from qishshu'; literally, a cucumbered field,
ie A cucumber patch -- garden of cucumbers. see HEBREW qishshu'. 4749, 4750. ...
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2950. taphal -- to smear, plaster over, stick, glue
... forger, sew up. A primitive root; properly, to stick on as a patch; figuratively,
to impute falsely -- forge(-r), sew up. 2949, 2950. taphal. 2951 . ...
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Library

The Parable of the New Patch on the Old Garment, and of the New ...
... The Parable of the New Patch on the Old Garment, and of the New Wine in Old Bottles. ...
The new cloth is torn, and a patch laid upon the old that does not fit it. ...
/.../section 138 the parable of.htm

The Tillage of the Poor
... It was 'the tillage of the poor,' the careful, diligent husbandry of the man who
had only a little patch of land to look after, that filled the storehouses of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the tillage of the poor.htm

Scholars of Christ.
... I have read of a poor boy who came to school with a patch on his clothes.
One of his schoolmates singled him out for ridicule and ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon liv scholars of christ.htm

Events of Early Christian Life
... Near one side of Mother's garden there was a patch of fennel. Mother saw the
grasshoppers in the garden but they did not seem to take anything but the weeds. ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter vi events of early.htm

In Reference to Daniel My Answer Will be that I did not Say that ...
... I do not mention Apollinarius, who, with a laudable zeal though not according to
knowledge, attempted to patch up into one garment the rags of all the ...
/.../33 in reference to daniel.htm

The Call of Matthew
... He knows that He is about to bring a new garb to men, and to give them new wine
to drink, and He knows that what He brings is no mere patch on a worn-out system ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the call of matthew.htm

On the Study of Zoology.
... After a time a delicate patch of cellular membrane appeared upon one face of this
yolk, and that patch was the foundation of the whole creature, the clay out ...
/.../huxley/lay sermons addresses and reviews/vi on the study of.htm

A Peasant's Son
... as eye can reach; marsh and heath and sand, sand and heath and marsh; here and there
a stretch of scant coarse grass, a mass of waving reeds, a patch of golden ...
/.../forbes/life of st vincent de paul/chapter 1 a peasants son.htm

To the Right Honourable the Earl of Lichfield.
... At war eternal, which in man shall reign,. By Wit's address, patch up a fatal
peace, 40. And hand in hand lead on the rank debauch,. ...
/.../young/youngs night thoughts/to the right honourable the.htm

Pauline Enters the Carmel
... Very often, at my uncle's house, we used to play at being two austere hermits, with
only a poor hut, a little patch of corn, and a garden in which to grow a ...
/.../martin/the story of a soul/chapter iii pauline enters the.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, esp. upon an old garment to cover a hole.

2. (n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.

3. (n.) A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.

4. (n.) A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.

5. (n.) Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn.

6. (n.) A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.

7. (n.) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

8. (v. t.) To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat.

9. (v. t.) To mend with pieces; to repair with pieces fastened on; to repair clumsily; as, to patch the roof of a house.

10. (v. t.) To adorn, as the face, with a patch or patches.

11. (v. t.) To make of pieces or patches; to repair as with patches; to arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner; -- generally with up; as, to patch up a truce.

Thesaurus

Patch (5 Occurrences)
... upon an old garment to cover a hole. 2. (n.) A small piece of anything used
to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc. ...
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Clout
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch;
a rag. 2. (n.) A swadding cloth. ... 8. (n.) To join or patch clumsily. ...
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Tears (58 Occurrences)
... Alexander Macalister. Multi-Version Concordance Tears (58 Occurrences). Matthew
9:16 No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. ...
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Piece (93 Occurrences)
... 11. (vt) To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces;
to patch; as, to piece a garment; -- often with out. 12. ...
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Otherwise (78 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Matthew 9:16 No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly
woven cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away ...
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Mends (2 Occurrences)
... (n.) See Amends. Multi-Version Concordance Mends (2 Occurrences). Matthew 9:16 No
one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. ...
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Newly (15 Occurrences)
... Matthew 9:16 No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven
cloth. Otherwise, the patch put on would tear away some ...
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Unshrunk (2 Occurrences)
... Matthew 9:16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch
would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. ...
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Garment (143 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Matthew 9:16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for
the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made. ...
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Woven (40 Occurrences)
... 2. (p. p) of Weave. Multi-Version Concordance Woven (40 Occurrences). Matthew
9:16 No one ever mends an old cloak with a patch of newly woven cloth. ...
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Bible Concordance

Patch (5 Occurrences)

Matthew 9:16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
(WEB WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 2:21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.
(WEB WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 5:36 He also spoke in figurative language to them. "No one," He said, "tears a piece from a new garment to mend an old one. Otherwise he would not only spoil the new, but the patch from the new would not match the old.
(WEY YLT NIV)

Proverbs 15:19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
(WEB)

Jeremiah 10:5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don't speak: they must be carried, because they can't go. Don't be afraid of them; for they can't do evil, neither is it in them to do good."
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Patch

Related Terms

Clout

Tears (58 Occurrences)

Piece (93 Occurrences)

Otherwise (78 Occurrences)

Mends (2 Occurrences)

Newly (15 Occurrences)

Unshrunk (2 Occurrences)

Garment (143 Occurrences)

Woven (40 Occurrences)