Bible Dictionary: Avert

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v.) To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? To avert his ire.

2. (v. i.) To turn away.

Greek

3911. paraphero -- to bring to, to carry away
... From para and phero (including its alternate forms); to bear along or aside, ie
Carry off (literally or figuratively); by implication, to avert -- remove, take ...
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3928. parerchomai -- to pass by, to come to
... From para and erchomai; to come near or aside, ie To approach (arrive), go by (or
away), (figuratively) perish or neglect, (causative) avert -- come (forth), go ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5674a. abar -- to pass over, through, or by, pass on
... root Definition to pass over, through, or by, pass on NASB Word Usage accompanied
(1), alienate (1), all* (1), avert (1), beyond* (1), blows away (1), bring (2 ...
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Library

After the War.
... and southern memberships in the same fellowship was the Old-School Presbyterian
Church; and no national sect had made larger concessions to avert a breach of ...
/.../bacon/a history of american christianity/chapter xx after the war.htm

The Idol which Shed Tears.
... She had been worshipped to avert cholera, and now the worshippers were taking the
idol to throw it into the tank, as the last act of their devotional ceremony. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hodson/old daniel/chapter ten the idol which.htm

Seventh Tractate. How the Multiplicity of the Ideal-Forms came ...
... first and that, these perishing in the absence of the senses, the maker at last
supplied the means by which men and other living beings might avert disaster. ...
/.../plotinus/the six enneads/seventh tractate how the multiplicity.htm

Admitting that all These Things which do the Immortal Gods ...
... The famous king Numa, not knowing how to avert evil portended by thunder, and being
eager to learn, by advice of Egeria concealed beside a fountain twelve ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/1 admitting that all these.htm

Faith of Sinners in Prayer
... visitations of evil upon them for their iniquities, they showed their faith in prayer
by appealing to the men who prayed, to beg God to avert His displeasure ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bounds/prayer and praying men/xi faith of sinners in.htm

The Time of Trouble
... Yet he leaves nothing undone on his own part to atone for the wrong to
his brother and to avert the threatened danger. So should ...
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"The Time of Trouble. "
... Yet he leaves nothing undone on his own part to atone for the wrong to
his brother, and to avert the threatened danger. So should ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /39 the time of trouble.htm

David's Strength
... superstitious man of any creed or time, he would have said so, and cried, I have
offended God; he is offended and angry with me, how shall I avert his wrath? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/david/sermon ii davids strength.htm

Letter ccxxviii. (AD 428 or 429. )
... God is powerful to hear the prayers of His children and to avert those things which
they fear; and we ought not, on account of evils that are uncertain, to ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter ccxxviii a d 428 or.htm

Josiah and the Newly Found Law
... than a momentary arrest of the strong tide running in the opposite direction; and
Josiah's was too near the edge of the cataract to last, or to avert the plunge ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/josiah and the newly found.htm

Thesaurus

Avert (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (v.) To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off,
or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? ...
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Averted (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Avert. 2. (a.) Turned away, esp.
as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious. ...
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Esther (48 Occurrences)
... That she was raised up as an instrument in the hand of God to avert the destruction
of the Jewish people, and to afford them protection and forward their ...
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Forgiveness (124 Occurrences)
... This passing over of sins had the tendency of destroying man's conception of God's
righteousness, and in order to avert this Christ was set forth as a ...
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Deprecate (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To pray or hope against, as an evil; to seek to avert
by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express ...
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Baal-zebub (4 Occurrences)
... This name was given to the god because he was supposed to be able to avert
the plague of flies which in that region was to be feared. ...
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Benammi (1 Occurrence)
... two daughters, perished. In order to avert the extinction of the race, his
daughters resorted to incestuous practices. In this case ...
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Ben-ammi (1 Occurrence)
... two daughters, perished. In order to avert the extinction of the race, his
daughters resorted to incestuous practices. In this case ...
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Baalzebub (4 Occurrences)
... This name was given to the god because he was supposed to be able to avert
the plague of flies which in that region was to be feared. ...
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Averse (2 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Avert (2 Occurrences)

Esther 8:3 Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
(See NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 11:15 About Judah. What have you to do in my house? is it your thought that oaths and holy flesh will get you out of your trouble? will you make yourself safe in this way?
(See RSV NIV)

Subtopics

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Related Terms

Averted (5 Occurrences)

Esther (48 Occurrences)

Forgiveness (124 Occurrences)

Deprecate (1 Occurrence)

Baal-zebub (4 Occurrences)

Benammi (1 Occurrence)

Ben-ammi (1 Occurrence)

Baalzebub (4 Occurrences)

Averse (2 Occurrences)