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Compel
Priority Greek/Hebrew Meanings
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Greek G3849 parabiázomai
Original: παραβιάζομαι
Meaning:
from παρά and the middle voice of βιάζω; to force contrary to (nature), i.e. compel (by entreaty):--constrain.
Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: to force contrary to (nature), i.e. compel (by entreaty):--constrain.
Greek G4912 synéchō
Original: συνέχω
Meaning:
from σύν and ἔχω; to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner); figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy:--constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng.
Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: figuratively, to compel, perplex, afflict, preoccupy:--constrain, hold, keep in, press, lie sick of, stop, be in a strait, straiten, be taken with, throng.
Hebrew H597 ʼânaç
Original: אָנַס
Meaning:
to insist; compel.
Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: compel.
Hebrew H5080 nâdach
Original: נָדַח
Meaning:
a primitive root; to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.); banish, bring, cast down (out), chase, compel, draw away, drive (away, out, quite), fetch a stroke, force, go away, outcast, thrust away (out), withdraw.
Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: banish, bring, cast down (out), chase, compel, draw away, drive (away, out, quite), fetch a stroke, force, go away, outcast, thrust away (out), withdraw.
Hebrew H5647 ʻâbad
Original: עָבַד
Meaning:
a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
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Hebrew H6555 pârats
Original: פָּרַץ
Meaning:
lemma פּרַץ missing vowel, corrected to פָּרַץ; a primitive root; to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative); [idiom] abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.
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