Genesis 45:1
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
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Refrain
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1 Peter 3:10
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
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2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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אָפַק
ʼâphaq · aw-fak'
2 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to contain, i.e. (reflex.) abstain
Strong's KJV usage: force (oneself), restrain.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 45:1Strong's last: Isaiah 64:12
Open full H662 profile →מָנַע
mânaʻ · maw-nah'
2 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
Strong's KJV usage: deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 1:15Strong's last: Jeremiah 31:16
Open full H4513 profile →ἀφίστημι
aphístēmi · af-is'-tay-mee
1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
to remove, i.e. (actively) instigate to revolt; usually (reflexively) to desist, desert, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: :--depart, draw (fall) away, refrain, withdraw self.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 5:38Strong's last: Acts 5:38
Open full G868 profile →παύω
paúō · pow'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to stop (transitively or intransitively), i.e. restrain, quit, desist, come to an end
Strong's KJV usage: :--cease, leave, refrain.
Strong's first: 1 Peter 3:10Strong's last: 1 Peter 3:10
Open full G3973 profile →חָטַם
châṭam · khaw-tam'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to stop
Strong's KJV usage: refrain.
Strong's first: Isaiah 48:9Strong's last: Isaiah 48:9
Open full H2413 profile →חָשַׂךְ
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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 7:11Strong's last: Job 7:11
Open full H2820 profile →רָחַק
râchaq · raw-khak'
1 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Strong's KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, × refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 3:5Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 3:5
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H662
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
H2820
Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
H4513
My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
H7368
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
H2413
For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
H662
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
H4513
Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
G868
And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
G3973
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
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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.
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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