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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Forbear
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1 Thessalonians 3:5
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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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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חָדַל
châdal · khaw-dal'
15 times translated as this KJV form58 total Strong's occurrences
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
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stégō · steg'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
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
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pheídomai · fi'-dom-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
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
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dâmam · daw-man'
1 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
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
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châsak · khaw-sak'
1 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
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.
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Strong's first: Proverbs 24:11Strong's last: Proverbs 24:11
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mâshak · maw-shak'
1 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
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.
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Strong's first: Nehemiah 9:30Strong's last: Nehemiah 9:30
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H2308
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.
H2308
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
H2308
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.
H2308
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.
H1826
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.
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forbear
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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