Exodus 23:5
If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
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If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
Read in context →For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
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châdal · khaw-dal'
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
Strong's KJV usage: cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
Strong's first: Exodus 23:5Strong's last: Zechariah 11:12
Open full H2308 profile →stégō · steg'-o
to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(for-)bear, suffer.
Strong's first: 1 Thessalonians 3:1Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 3:5
Open full G4722 profile →pheídomai · fi'-dom-ahee
to be chary of, i.e. (subjectively) to abstain or (objectively) to treat leniently
Strong's KJV usage: :--forbear, spare.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 12:6Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 12:6
Open full G5339 profile →dâmam · daw-man'
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
Strong's KJV usage: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 24:17Strong's last: Ezekiel 24:17
Open full H1826 profile →châsak · khaw-sak'
to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
Strong's KJV usage: assuage, × darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
Strong's first: Proverbs 24:11Strong's last: Proverbs 24:11
Open full H2820 profile →mâshak · maw-shak'
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, × give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, × sow, scatter, stretch out.
Strong's first: Nehemiah 9:30Strong's last: Nehemiah 9:30
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If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.
And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
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FORBEAR, verb intransitive preterit tense forbore; participle passive forborne.
1. To stop; to cease; to hold from proceeding; as, forbear to repeat these reproachful words.
2. To pause; to delay; as, forbear a while.
3. To abstain; to omit; to hold one's self from motion or entering on an affair.
Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? 1 Kings 22:6.
4. To refuse; to decline.
Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear Ezekiel 2:5.
5. To be patient; to restrain from action or violence. Proverbs 25:15.
FORBEAR, verb transitive
1. To avoid voluntarily; to decline.
FORBEAR his presence.
2. To abstain from; to omit; to avoid doing. Learn from the scriptures what you ought to do and what to forbear
Have we not power to forbear working? 1 Corinthians 9:6.
3. To spare; to treat with indulgence and patience.
FORBEARing one another in love. Ephesians 4:2.
4. To withhold.
FORBEAR thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 2 Chronicles 35:21.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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