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Abstain

6Greek/Hebrew entries
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Priority Greek/Hebrew Meanings

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Greek G533 aparnéomai

Original: ἀπαρνέομαι

Meaning:
from ἀπό and ἀρνέομαι; to deny utterly, i.e. disown, abstain:--deny.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to deny utterly, i.e. disown, abstain:--deny.

Greek G3522 nēsteúō

Original: νηστεύω

Meaning:
from νῆστις; to abstain from food (religiously):--fast.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to abstain from food (religiously):--fast.

Greek G3525 nḗphō

Original: νήφω

Meaning:
of uncertain affinity; to abstain from wine (keep sober), i.e. (figuratively) be discreet:--be sober, watch.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to abstain from wine (keep sober), i.e. (figuratively) be discreet:--be sober, watch.

Greek G4724 stéllō

Original: στέλλω

Meaning:
probably strengthened from the base of ἵστημι; properly, to set fast ("stall"), i.e. (figuratively) to repress (reflexively, abstain from associating with):--avoid, withdraw self.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: properly, to set fast ("stall"), i.e. (figuratively) to repress (reflexively, abstain from associating with):--avoid, withdraw self.

Greek G5202 hydropotéō

Original: ὑδροποτέω

Meaning:
from a compound of ὕδωρ and a derivative of πίνω; to be a water-drinker, i.e. to abstain from vinous beverages:--drink water.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to be a water-drinker, i.e. to abstain from vinous beverages:--drink water.

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Greek G5339 pheídomai

Original: φείδομαι

Meaning:
of uncertain affinity; to be chary of, i.e. (subjectively) to abstain or (objectively) to treat leniently:--forbear, spare.

Verses containing this word showing 6 of 6
Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. Open
Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. Open
1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: Open
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. Open
1 Timothy 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. Open
1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Open

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