Refrain
Bible Usage:
- refrain used 9 times.
- refrained used 7 times.
- refraineth used once.
- First Reference: Genesis 45:1
- Last Reference: 1 Peter 3:10
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H2413 Used 1 time
- H2820 Used 1 time
- H4513 Used 2 times
- H7368 Used 1 time
- G3973 Used 1 time
- G868 Used 1 time
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Refrain
REFRA'IN, verb transitive [Latin refaeno; re and fraeno, to curb; fraenum, a rein. See Rein.]
To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action.
My son - refrain thy foot from their path. Proverbs 1:15.
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by. Genesis 45:1.
REFRA'IN, verb intransitive To forbear; to abstain; to keep one's self from action or interference.
Refrain from these men and let them alone. Acts 5:38.
REFRA'IN, noun The burden of a song; a kind of musical repetition.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Refrained
REFRA'INED, participle passive Held back; restrained.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Refraining
REFRA'INING, participle present tense Holding back; forbearing.
Bible Usage:
- refrain used 9 times.
- refrained used 7 times.
- refraineth used once.
- First Reference: Genesis 45:1
- Last Reference: 1 Peter 3:10
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H2413 Used 1 time
- H2820 Used 1 time
- H4513 Used 2 times
- H7368 Used 1 time
- G3973 Used 1 time
- G868 Used 1 time