1. (v. t.) To offset; to act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate.

2. (n.) Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital.

COUNTERVAIL

koun-ter-val' (shawah, "equalize"): To thwart or overcome by acting against with equal force; thus, "The enemy could not countervail the king's damage" or loss (Esther 7:4 the American Standard Revised Version reads "The adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage"). "Nothing doth countervail (the Revised Version (British and American) "can be taken in exchange for") a faithful friend" (Ecclesiasticus 6:15).

7737. shavah -- to agree with, be like, resemble
... avail, behave, bring forth, compare, countervail, be, make equal, lay, A
primitive root; properly, to level, ie Equalize; figuratively ...
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Superiors Ought Carefully to Examine the Dispositions of those ...
... 6. A little devoutness will not serve to countervail ill inclinations to lying,
dissembling, factiousness, a humour of calumniating, &c.; for a great and scarce ...
/.../chapter viii superiors ought carefully.htm

Of Meditation: the First and Lowest Degree of Internal Prayer. ...
... for those who are more solitary and abstracted such a way of meditating would be
very painful, and the profit so little, as it would not countervail the pain. ...
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Touching Certain Forms of Immediate Acts, &C. ...
... or humour, and yet in the end, perhaps, not content herself, or at the least the
satisfaction that she may come to find will scarce countervail the distraction ...
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The Preface
... with sincere intentions, and then perhaps these few Stones and Sling used in the
Name, and with invocation of the Lord of Hosts, may countervail the massive ...
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Naturally we Love Ourselves Only. ...
... another time.5. It diminisheth our suffering in purgatory, because so much of suffering
is past, and a little pain for the present will countervail and prevent ...
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Rom. v. 12
... All these things then Paul calls a "superabundance" of grace, showing that what
we received was not a medicine only to countervail the wound, but even health ...
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The Wrath of God
... Your pleasure cannot be so sweet as wrath is bitter. The delights of the
flesh cannot countervail the horror of conscience. Better ...
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"And if any Man Sin, we have an Advocate with the Father,",
... thy eternal estate, yet I am persuaded, that there is more damage another way, in
thy spiritual estate in this world, than all the gains of sin can countervail ...
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Mortifications Divided Into: 1...
... But if indiscreetly he will force himself to run beyond his breath and strength,
that advantage which he got for a little while will not countervail the loss ...
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Luke x. The Latter Part of the 25Th Verse.
... Profit, nor Honour, nor Pleasure can, in the least avail us, when we have made the
fatal mistake: nor can any present Gratification countervail the loss of all ...
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Countervail (1 Occurrence)
...COUNTERVAIL. ... "Nothing doth countervail (the Revised Version (British and American)
"can be taken in exchange for") a faithful friend" (Ecclesiasticus 6:15). ...
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Damage (57 Occurrences)
... damage" (the Revised Version, margin "For our affliction is not to be compared with
the king's damage" the King James Version "could not countervail the king's ...
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Oppose (29 Occurrences)
... exhibit. 2. (n.) To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or
countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically. 3 ...
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Bondwomen (10 Occurrences)
... But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although
the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. (KJV JPS ASV DBY). ...
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Bond-men (16 Occurrences)
... But if we had been sold for bond-men and bond-women, I had held my tongue, although
the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. (WBS). ...
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Bond-women (3 Occurrences)
... But if we had been sold for bond-men and bond-women, I had held my tongue, although
the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. (WBS). ...
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Countest (3 Occurrences)

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Counterpart (2 Occurrences)

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Tongue (160 Occurrences)
... But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although
the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. (KJV DBY WBS). ...
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Enemy (134 Occurrences)
... But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although
the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. (KJV WBS). ...
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Countervail (1 Occurrence)

Esther 7:4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
(KJV WBS)

Countervail

Damage (57 Occurrences)

Oppose (29 Occurrences)

Bondwomen (10 Occurrences)

Bond-men (16 Occurrences)

Bond-women (3 Occurrences)

Countest (3 Occurrences)

Counterpart (2 Occurrences)

Tongue (160 Occurrences)

Enemy (134 Occurrences)

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