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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.

2. (a.) Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder.

3. (a.) Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CHARGE; CHARGEABLE

charj, char'-ja-b'-l (from Latin carrus, "a wagon," hence, "to lay or put a load on or in," "to burden, or be a burden"):

Figurative:

(1) of a special duty mishmereth, ("thing to be watched"), "the charge of Yahweh" (Leviticus 8:35), the injunctions given in Exodus 29; "the charge of the tabernacle" (Numbers 1:53); "the charge of the sons of Getshon" (Numbers 3:25);

(2) of the burden of expense (kabhedh, "to be, or make heavy"; adapanos, "without expense"), "lest we be chargeable unto thee" (2 Samuel 13:25 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "burdensome"); "The former governors. were charge unto the people" (Nehemiah 5:15 margin "laid burdens upon"); "that. I may make the gospel without charge" (1 Corinthians 9:18; see CHARGES);

(3) of oversight, care, custody, "Who gave him a charge over the earth?" (Job 34:13); "to have the charge of the gate" (2 Kings 7:17); "charge of the vessels of service" (1 Chronicles 9:28); "cause ye them that have charge (pequddoth, "inspectors") over the city" (Ezekiel 9:1); "who had the charge of all her treasure" (Acts 8:27 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "was over");

(4) of a command, injunction, requirement, "He gave him a charge" (Genesis 28:6); "His father charged the people with the oath" (1 Samuel 14:27); "Jesus strictly (m "sternly") charged them" (Matthew 9:30); "I charge you by the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 5:27 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "adjure"); "having received such a charge" (Acts 16:24, paraggelia, "private or extra message"); "This charge I commit unto thee" (1 Timothy 1:18);

(5) of blame, responsibility, reckoning, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge" (Acts 7:60); "nothing laid to his charge" (Acts 23:29); "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect?" (Romans 8:33).

M. O. Evans

Greek

1912. epibareo -- to put a burden on
... From epi and bareo; to be heavy upon, ie (pecuniarily) to be expensive to; figuratively,
to be severe towards -- be chargeable to, overcharge. see GREEK epi. ...
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2655. katanarkao -- to grow numb
... to burden. From kata and narkao (to be numb); to grow utterly torpid, ie (by
implication) slothful (figuratively, expensive) -- be burdensome (chargeable). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3513. kabad -- to be heavy, weighty, or burdensome
... abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, be dim.
Or kabed {kaw-bade'}; a primitive root; to be heavy, ie In ...
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Library

Appendix.
... Were such to be allowed, the community would be chargeable with the crimes of both
remaining without a proper civil power and permitting evil to be committed ...
//christianbookshelf.org/cunningham/the ordinance of covenanting/appendix.htm

Laboring under Difficulties
... been burdensome" to them, and added: "Ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail:
for laboring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of ...
/.../white/the acts of the apostles/lesson 33 laboring under difficulties.htm

Matt. vii. 1
... denial, lest any man should say, it is easy so to practise it in words; He willing
to signify His entire confidence, and that He was not chargeable with any of ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xxiii matt vii 1.htm

If any one Wishes to Hear the Arrangements for My Journey from ...
... If you can produce against me a single record of the Bishop of Rome or of any other
church, I will confess myself to be chargeable with all the iniquities ...
/.../22 if any one wishes.htm

Petilianus Said: "Blessed are they that Mourn...
... What is it to the seed of Abraham, in which all the nations of the earth are blessed?
[2160] And so the sacrilege of your schism is chargeable on you, just ...
/.../chapter 65 145 petilianus.htm

Thou Shalt in any Wise Rebuke Thy Neighbor, and not Suffer Sin ...
... 7. If you do not reprove your neighbors for their sin, you are chargeable
with their death. God holds us chargeable with the death ...
/.../finney/lectures to professing christians/thou shalt in any wise.htm

Letter cxxv. (AD 411. )
... honest, not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight of men, lest while drinking
untroubled waters in our own conscience, we be chargeable with treading ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter cxxv a d 411.htm

The Mission of Paul and Silas to Macedonia.
... approbation. Had Paul circumcised Timothy upon this principle, he would have
been chargeable with renouncing the truth of the gospel. ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xvii the mission of.htm

Letter Xlvii. (AD 398. )
... had thrown themselves on the weapons of the soldiers, Paul would have had to
acknowledge the shedding of their blood as a crime with which he was chargeable. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xlvii a d 398.htm

The Sins of Communities Noted and Punished.
... They died to expiate family guilt. We know of none chargeable on Abimelech,
or the other priests who were slain by order of Saul. ...
/.../lee/sermons on various important subjects/sermon xxix the sins of.htm

Thesaurus

Chargeable (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes;
as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man. ...
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Laboring (8 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labor and toil: for laboring
night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you, we preached to ...
/l/laboring.htm - 9k

Labour (119 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring
night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we ...
/l/labour.htm - 35k

Charge (379 Occurrences)
... pounds; -- called also charre. 34. (n.) Weight; import; value. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. CHARGE; CHARGEABLE. charj, char'-ja-b ...
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Naught (40 Occurrences)
... 2 Thessalonians 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for naught; but wrought with
labor and toil night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you ...
/n/naught.htm - 19k

Lacking (53 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable
to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from ...
/l/lacking.htm - 22k

Lorded (1 Occurrence)
... Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors that were before me were chargeable unto
the people, and took of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver ...
/l/lorded.htm - 6k

Labouring (18 Occurrences)
... 1 Thessalonians 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring
night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we ...
/l/labouring.htm - 11k

Guilty (131 Occurrences)
... 1. (superl.) Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable
with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed to penalty ...
/g/guilty.htm - 39k

Gallio (3 Occurrences)
... proconsul, the only law universally applicable was that of the Roman code and social
morality: under neither was the prisoner chargeable; therefore, without ...
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Bible Concordance

Chargeable (5 Occurrences)

2 Corinthians 11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
(KJV WBS YLT)

1 Thessalonians 2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
(KJV DBY WBS)

2 Thessalonians 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

2 Samuel 13:25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
(KJV WBS)

Nehemiah 5:15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Chargeable

Related Terms

Laboring (8 Occurrences)

Labour (119 Occurrences)

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Naught (40 Occurrences)

Lacking (53 Occurrences)

Lorded (1 Occurrence)

Labouring (18 Occurrences)

Guilty (131 Occurrences)

Gallio (3 Occurrences)