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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, physical or mental.

2. (n.) The state of being restrained.

3. (n.) That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction.

Greek

3356. metriopatheo -- to hold one's emotions in restraint
... to hold one's emotions in restraint. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: metriopatheo
Phonetic Spelling: (met-ree-op-ath-eh'-o) Short Definition: I bear ...
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1658. eleutheros -- free, ie not a slave or not under restraint
... free, ie not a slave or not under restraint. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration:
eleutheros Phonetic Spelling: (el-yoo'-ther-os) Short Definition: free ...
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192. akrasia -- want of power
... Feminine Transliteration: akrasia Phonetic Spelling: (ak-ras-ee'-a) Short Definition:
incontinence, intemperance, lack of restraint Definition: incontinence ...
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1029. brochos -- a noose, halter
... 1029 -- properly, a noose; (figuratively) unnecessary restraint. Word Origin a prim.
word Definition a noose, halter NASB Word Usage restraint (1). ...
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4928. sunoche -- a holding together, fig. distress
... distress NASB Word Usage anguish (1), dismay (1). anguish, distress. From sunecho;
restraint, ie (figuratively) anxiety -- anguish, distress. see GREEK sunecho. ...
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1466. egkrateia -- mastery, self-control
... egkrateia Phonetic Spelling: (eng-krat'-i-ah) Short Definition: self-mastery,
self-control Definition: self-mastery, self-restraint, self-control, continence. ...
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1150. damazo -- to tame
... Verb Transliteration: damazo Phonetic Spelling: (dam-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I
tame, subdue Definition: I tame, subdue, involving obedience and restraint. ...
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463. anoche -- a delaying, forbearance
... forbearance. From anechomai; self-restraint, ie Tolerance -- forbearance. see GREEK
anechomai. (anoche) -- 1 Occurrence. (anoches) -- 1 Occurrence. 462, 463. ...
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4997. sophrosune -- soundness of mind, self-control
... See 4998 (). Word Origin from sophron Definition soundness of mind, self-control
NASB Word Usage discreetly (1), self-restraint (1), sober (1). ...
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1467. egkrateuomai -- to exercise self-control
... contain, be temperate. Middle voice from egkrates; to exercise self-restraint (in
diet and chastity) -- can(-not) contain, be temperate. see GREEK egkrates. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4622. matsor -- a restraint, hindrance
... 4621, 4622. matsor. 4623 . a restraint, hindrance. Transliteration: matsor
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-tsore') Short Definition: restrained. ... restraint. ...
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6114. etser -- perhaps restraint
... etser. 6115 . perhaps restraint. Transliteration: etser Phonetic Spelling:
(eh'-tser) Short Definition: ruler. ... magistrate. From atsar; restraint -- + magistrate ...
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6115. otser -- restraint, coercion
... 6114, 6115. otser. 6116 . restraint, coercion. Transliteration: otser
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-tser) Short Definition: oppression. ...
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3628. keli -- confinement, restraint, imprisonment
... 3627, 3628. keli or kelu. 3629 . confinement, restraint, imprisonment.
Transliteration: keli or kelu Phonetic Spelling: (kel-ee') Short Definition: prison. ...
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3608. kele -- confinement, restraint, imprisonment
... 3607, 3608. kele. 3609 . confinement, restraint, imprisonment. Transliteration:
kele Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-leh) Short Definition: prison. ...
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4623. matsar -- restraint, control
... 4622, 4623. matsar. 4624 . restraint, control. Transliteration: matsar
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-tsawr') Short Definition: control. ...
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1226. batstsoreth -- a dearth
... dearth, drought. Feminine intensive from batsar; restraint (of rain), ie Drought --
dearth, drought. see HEBREW batsar. 1225, 1226. batstsoreth. 1227 . ...
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4148. musar -- discipline, chastening, correction
... From yacar; properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction;
also restraint -- bond, chastening ((-eth)), chastisement, check, correction ...
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4206a. mezach -- a girdle
... a girdle. Transliteration: mezach Short Definition: belt. Word Origin of uncertain
derivation Definition a girdle NASB Word Usage belt (1), restraint (1). ...
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6544a. para -- let go, let alone
... let alone NASB Word Usage avoid (1), brought about a lack (1), control (1), draw
the away (1), get out of control (1), go loose (1), lack of restraint (1), let ...
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Library

Letter x. --Restraint of Over-Eagerness.
... THIRD BOOK. ON THE OBSTACLES TO ABANDONMENT. Letter X."Restraint of Over-Eagerness.
To the same person. On eagerness to read good books. ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/letter x restraint of over-eagerness.htm

On Doing Good to the Soul of Our Neighbor. Two Parts of Discipline ...
... On Doing Good to the Soul of Our Neighbor. Two Parts of Discipline, Restraint and
Instruction. Through Good Conduct We Arrive at the Knowledge of the Truth. ...
/.../chapter 28 name doing good.htm

And with what Moderation and Self-Restraint those Men Used their ...
... Book 3 Chapter 31. And with what moderation and self-restraint those men
used their wives appears chiefly in? 31. And with what ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 31 and with what.htm

Creatures that are Able to Dart their Thoughts into all Spaces Can ...
... THE FIFTH CENTURY 3 Creatures that are able to dart their thoughts into
all spaces can brook no limit or restraint. Creatures that ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/3 creatures that are able.htm

As, Then, this Act of Self-Restraint, which in Appearance is one ...
... Chapter LXIV. As, then, this act of self-restraint, which in appearance
is one and the same? As, then, this act of self-restraint ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter lxiv as then this.htm

The True Gnostic Exercises Patience and Self-Restraint.
... The Stromata, or Miscellanies. Book II. Chapter XX."The True Gnostic Exercises
Patience and Self-Restraint. Endurance also itself ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xx the true gnostic exercises.htm

Argument. --To These Things Also was Added Another Reason for ...
... Argument."To These Things Also Was Added Another Reason for Prohibiting Many Kinds
of Meats to the Jews; To Wit, for the Restraint of the Intemperance of the ...
/.../novatian/on the jewish meats/chapter iv argument to these things.htm

That those who Complain of Christianity Really Desire to Live ...
... The City of God.Book I. Chapter 30."That Those Who Complain of Christianity
Really Desire to Live Without Restraint in Shameful Luxury. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 30 that those who complain.htm

Commandment Eighth. We Ought to Shun that which is Evil, and do ...
... We Ought to Shun that Which is Evil, and Do that Which is Good. "I told you," said
he, "that the creatures of God are double, [201] for restraint also is double ...
/.../pastor/the pastor books first second third/commandment eighth we ought to.htm

The Mosaic Law the Fountain of all Ethics, and the Source from ...
... I mean valour, and temperance, and wisdom, and justice, and endurance, and patience,
and decorum, and self-restraint; and in addition to these, piety. ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xviii the mosaic law the.htm

Thesaurus

Restraint (34 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Restraint (34 Occurrences). ... (YLT). Numbers 29:35 On the
eighth day a restraint ye have, ye do no servile work; (YLT). ...
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Self-restraint (2 Occurrences)
Self-restraint. Self-respecting, Self-restraint. Selfrighteousness . Noah
Webster's Dictionary (n.) Restraint over one's self; self-control; self-command. ...
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Libertine
... synagogue. Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A free thinker who lacks moral restraint.
2 ... freethinker. 5. (n.) Free from restraint; uncontrolled. 6 ...
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Confinement (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Restraint within limits; imprisonment; a restraint
of liberty; seclusion. 2. (n.) Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. ...
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Check (9 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint,
or rebuff. ... 17. (vi) To act as a curb or restraint. 18. ...
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Wanton (20 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet. ... 8. (vi) To rove and ramble
without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic. ...
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Indulge (12 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold
restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to ...
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Freely (101 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a free manner; without restraint or compulsion;
abundantly; gratuitously. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FREELY. ...
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Fugitive (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty
etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor. ...
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Free (454 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint,
control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or ...
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Resources

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Concordance

Restraint (34 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 7:35
Thus much I say in your own interest; not to lay a trap for you, but to help towards what is becoming, and enable you to wait on the Lord without distraction.
(See NAS RSV)

Galatians 3:23
Before this faith came, we Jews were perpetual prisoners under the Law, living under restraints and limitations in preparation for the faith which was soon to be revealed.
(Root in WEY RSV)

Leviticus 23:36
seven days ye bring near a fire-offering to Jehovah, on the eighth day ye have a holy convocation, and ye have brought near a fire-offering to Jehovah; it 'is' a restraint, ye do no servile work.
(YLT)

Numbers 29:35
On the eighth day a restraint ye have, ye do no servile work;
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 16:8
six days thou dost eat unleavened things, and on the seventh day 'is' a restraint to Jehovah thy God; thou dost do no work.
(YLT)

1 Samuel 14:6
Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no restraint on Yahweh to save by many or by few."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Kings 22:27
and thou hast said, Thus said the king, Place ye this one in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my coming in peace.'
(YLT)

2 Kings 10:20
And Jehu saith, 'Sanctify a restraint for Baal;' and they proclaim 'it'.
(YLT)

2 Kings 25:27
And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and seventh of the month hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reigning, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, out of the house of restraint,
(YLT)

2 Kings 25:29
and hath changed the garments of his restraint, and he hath eaten bread continually before him all days of his life,
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 7:9
And they make on the eighth day a restraint, because the dedication of the altar they have made seven days, and the feast seven days.
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 18:26
and ye have said, Thus said the king, Put ye this 'one' in the house of restraint, and cause him to eat bread of oppression, and water of oppression, till my return in peace.'
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 28:19
For Jehovah brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed sore against Jehovah.
(See JPS NAS)

Nehemiah 8:18
And he readeth in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last day, and they make a feast seven days, and on the eighth day a restraint, according to the ordinance.
(YLT)

Job 30:11
For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Psalms 32:9
Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.
(DBY)

Psalms 107:39
And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow.
(YLT)

Psalms 119:51
The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don't swerve from your law.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 14:16
The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 17:27
He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 23:4
Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
(WEB NIV)

Proverbs 25:28
Like a city that is broken down and without walls is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
(WEB JPS ASV YLT)

Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV NIV)

Isaiah 1:13
Add not to bring in a vain present, Incense -- an abomination it 'is' to Me, New moon, and sabbath, calling of convocation! Rendure not iniquity -- and a restraint!
(YLT)

Isaiah 14:6
He who is smiting peoples in wrath, A smiting without intermission, He who is ruling in anger nations, Pursuing without restraint!
(YLT)

Isaiah 23:10
Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Isaiah 42:7
to open the blind eyes, to bring forth the prisoner from the prison, them that sit in darkness out of the house of restraint.
(DBY YLT)

Isaiah 42:22
And this 'is' a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes -- all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, 'Restore.'
(YLT)

Isaiah 53:8
By restraint and by judgment he hath been taken, And of his generation who doth meditate, That he hath been cut off from the land of the living? By the transgression of My people he is plagued,
(YLT)

Jeremiah 52:31
And it cometh to pass, in the thirty and seventh year of the removal of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty and fifth of the month, hath Evil-Merodach king of Babylon lifted up, in the year of his reign, the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and bringeth him out from the house of restraint,
(YLT)

Ezekiel 16:30
How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of a whorish woman, under no restraint;
(DBY)

Ezekiel 35:13
You have magnified yourselves against me with your mouth, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard it.
(See NIV)

Joel 1:14
Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather the elders -- all the inhabitants of the land, 'Into' the house of Jehovah your God,
(YLT)

Joel 2:15
Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, Sanctify a fast -- proclaim a restraint.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Restraint

Related Terms

Self-restraint (2 Occurrences)

Libertine

Confinement (6 Occurrences)

Check (9 Occurrences)

Wanton (20 Occurrences)

Indulge (12 Occurrences)