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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To change or modify in any way for the better

2. (v. t.) by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;

3. (v. t.) by supplying deficiencies;

4. (v. t.) by substituting something else in the place of what is removed; to rectify.

5. (v. i.) To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.

Greek

341. anakainoo -- to make new
... to make new. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anakainoo Phonetic Spelling:
(an-ak-ahee-no'-o) Short Definition: I renew, amend, change Definition: I renew ...
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2192. echo -- to have, hold
... direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition) --
be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not ...
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2866. kompsoteron -- well-dressed
... better. Neuter comparative of a derivative of the base of komizo (meaning, properly,
well dressed, ie Nice); figuratively, convalescent -- + began to amend. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3190. yatab -- to be good, well, glad, or pleasing
... root Definition to be good, well, glad, or pleasing NASB Word Usage adorned (1),
amend (3), better (3), better he made (1), bless (1), celebrating* (1), deals ...
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2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen
... aid, amend, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain,. A primitive root;
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively ...
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Library

The Seventh Chapter: the Examination of Conscience and the ...
... BOOK FOUR. AN INVITATION TO HOLY COMMUNION The Seventh Chapter: The Examination
of Conscience and the Resolution to Amend. The Voice of Christ ...
/.../kempis/the imitation of christ/the seventh chapter the examination.htm

Capital Punishment
... And this want of faith in a living God lies at the bottom of another objection.
We are to keep murderers alive in order to convert and instruct and amend them. ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon vi capital punishment.htm

Matt. xxiii. 1-3.
... To amend therefore His hearers; that which in the first place most contributes to
salvation, not to despise our teachers, neither to rise up against our priests ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxii matt xxiii 1-3.htm

Receiving and Rejecting.
... Now, as long as there is evil in the Church, as long as there are sinners who will
not amend, as long as there are tares growing up with the wheat,"so long ...
/.../the village pulpit volume ii trinity to advent/xl receiving and rejecting.htm

A Sermon of the Reverend Father Master Hugh Latimer, Preached in ...
... Yes, I think, and much more too. Therefore I say, repent, O London; repent, repent.
Thou hearest thy faults told thee, amend them, amend them. ...
/.../latimer/sermons on the card and other discourses/a sermon of the reverend.htm

Psalm CXLI.
... 7. "The righteous One shall amend me in mercy, and convict me" (ver.5). Behold
the sinner confessing. ... Wherefore then doth He amend? "In mercy. ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxli.htm

The Period of Controversy, 1614-1645.
... The first mention of any desire to modify or amend this book occurs in 1601, in
the records of the General Assembly, when a motion was made respecting an ...
/.../johnston/presbyterian worship/chapter v the period of.htm

Triumph of Faith.
... son liveth. Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And ...
son lived. He asked at what hour he began to amend. And ...
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Luke x. The Latter Part of the 25Th Verse.
... IN order to his Acceptance, it is required not only that he forsake his own Sins,
and amend his Life in other Instances; but likewise that He entirely forgive ...
/.../sermon v luke x the.htm

Chapter xix.
... parties especially judge rashly respecting things that are uncertain, and readily
find fault, who love rather to censure and to condemn than to amend and to ...
/.../augustine/our lords sermon on the mount/chapter xix 2.htm

Thesaurus

Amend (7 Occurrences)
... improve. Multi-Version Concordance Amend (7 Occurrences). John 4:52 Then
enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And ...
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Reform (28 Occurrences)
... into a new and improved form or condition; to restore to a former good state, or
bring from bad to good; to change from worse to better; to amend; to correct ...
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Actions (62 Occurrences)
... saying, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device
against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and ...
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Doings (111 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 7:3 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Amend your ways
and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. ...
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Amends (6 Occurrences)

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Justly (22 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 7:5 Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye
thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour; (See NIV). ...
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Throughly (10 Occurrences)
... (KJV). Jeremiah 7:5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye
throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; (KJV). ...
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Relent (15 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 26:13 Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice
of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will repent him of the evil that he has ...
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Enquired (12 Occurrences)
... (KJV). John 4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they
said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. (KJV). ...
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Mend (7 Occurrences)
... (WEY). John 4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they
said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. ...
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Bible Concordance

Amend (7 Occurrences)

John 4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Titus 1:5 I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;
(See RSV)

2 Chronicles 34:10 And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
(KJV)

Jeremiah 7:3 Thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 7:5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 26:13 Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 35:15 I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and don't go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Amend

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Reform (28 Occurrences)

Actions (62 Occurrences)

Doings (111 Occurrences)

Amends (6 Occurrences)

Justly (22 Occurrences)

Throughly (10 Occurrences)

Relent (15 Occurrences)

Enquired (12 Occurrences)

Mend (7 Occurrences)