Bible Thesaurus: Repel

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Repel (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To drive back; to force away; to check the advance
of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. ...Repel (1 Occurrence). ...
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Repulse (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to
repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy. 2. (vt) To repel...
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Defend (38 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To ward or fend off; to drive back or
away; to repel. 2. (vt) To prohibit; to forbid. 3. (vt) To ...
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Worthies (2 Occurrences)
... Standard Revised Version "He remembereth his nobles." As Massoretic Text stands,
the Assyrian king hurriedly summons his commanders to repel the assault, but ...
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Ward (27 Occurrences)
... 16. (n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches;
-- usually followed by off. 17. (vi) To be vigilant; to keep guard. 18. ...
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Frown (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vt) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke
with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence. ...
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Repeats (3 Occurrences)

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Repelleth (1 Occurrence)

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Discrepancies
... Of course the orthodox sought to repel all these claims; for they felt that the
Bible, whatever the appearances might seem to indicate, must be free from error ...
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Puff (1 Occurrence)
... assume importance. 12. (vt) To drive with a puff, or with puffs. 13. (vt)
To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously. 14. (vt) To ...
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Bible Concordance

Repel (1 Occurrence)

Isaiah 28:6 And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door of the town.
(See NAS)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To drive back; to force away; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

2. (v. t.) To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.

3. (v. i.) To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

Greek

868. aphistemi -- to lead away, to depart from
... Phonetic Spelling: (af-is'-tay-mee) Short Definition: I lead away, seduce, depart,
abstain from Definition: I make to stand away, draw away, repel, take up a ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7725. shub -- to turn back, return
... refreshes (1), refund (3), refuse (4), refute (1), regain (1), remade* (1), render
(8), repaid (1), repay (5), repeatedly (2), repeats (1), repel (1), repent (6 ...
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Library

Treatise x. On Jealousy and Envy.
... Therefore, beloved brethren, we must be on our guard, and strive with all our powers
to repel, with solicitous and full watchfulness, the enemy, raging and ...
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But Now, Since My Pleading Has Steered Its Course Out of These ...
... ill-disposed persons, and wound with the point of my pen some Luscius Lanuvinus
or an Asinius Pollio of the race of the Cornelii, if I repel the attacks of a ...
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Beth.
... father's bread.... 10. "With my whole heart," he saith, "have I sought thee;
O repel me not from Thy commandments" (ver.10). Behold, he ...
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The Lord's Prayer. Our Father who Art in Heaven.
... This you must note above all things, that thereby you may silence and repel
such thoughts as would keep and deter us from prayer. ...
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Whether the Infusion of Grace is the First of the Things Required ...
... It is because a form is already in it that an agent acts to repel a contrary form.
For example, it is because of its light that the sun acts to repel darkness. ...
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Begins to Learn Spanish
... possibly think I should condemn you for executing any part of your office?" I said
short, "Sir, what if I should think it the duty of my office to repel one of ...
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Whether it is Lawful to Kill a Man in Self-Defense?
... Wherefore if a man, in self-defense, uses more than necessary violence, it will
be unlawful: whereas if he repel force with moderation his defense will be ...
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Whether Anger Above all Causes Fervor in the Heart?
... Now it is evident that every appetite, even the natural appetite, tends with greater
force to repel that which is contrary to it, if it be present: hence we ...
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Whether Fear Causes Contraction?
... implies a certain contraction: the reason of which is that fear arises from the
imagination of some threatening evil which is difficult to repel, as stated ...
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Whether Fear Makes one Suitable for Counsel?
... distrust ourselves." Now things which make us afraid, are not simply evil, but have
a certain magnitude, both because they seem difficult to repel, and because ...
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Subtopics

Repel

Related Terms

Repulse (2 Occurrences)

Defend (38 Occurrences)

Worthies (2 Occurrences)

Ward (27 Occurrences)

Frown (1 Occurrence)

Repeats (3 Occurrences)

Repelleth (1 Occurrence)

Discrepancies

Puff (1 Occurrence)