Bible Dictionary: Drench

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic.

2. (v. t.) To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to immerse.

3. (n.) A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.

4. (n.) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.

Strong's Hebrew

7301. ravah -- to be saturated, drink one's fill
... root Definition to be saturated, drink one's fill NASB Word Usage drench (1), drink
(1), drink its fill (1), drink our fill (1), fill (2), filled (1), made me ...
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Library

Psalm VI.
... assured remedy from the mercy of God. "I will drench my bed with tears."
It is a repetition. [185] For when he says, "with tears ...
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Walamir and Eutyches
... BOOK II CHAPTER XXXV WALAMIR AND EUTYCHES. Like a flower, that cannot all unfold,
So drench'd it is with tempest, to the sun."Tennyson. ...
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Wine is Used Along with Incense; and of This...
... In like manner, also, after the solid [4905] food of cakes and pottages, and victims
slain in honour of them, do they drench themselves, and make themselves ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/29 wine is used along.htm

Psalm 104. The Glory of God in Creation and Providence.
... The swelling billows know their bound, And in their channels walk their round; Yet
thence convey'd by secret veins, They spring on hills, and drench the plains ...
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In the Children's Hospital
... And mangle the living dog that had loved him and fawn'd at his knee".
Drench'd with the hellish [201]oorali"that ever such things should be! ...
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Psalm 104 the Glory of God in Creation and Providence.
... And in their channels walk their round; Yet thence conveyed by secret veins,. They
spring on hills and drench the plains. He bids the crystal fountains flow,. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 104 the glory of.htm

Whether Christ was Slain by Another or by Himself?
... In another way someone causes an effect indirectly"-that is, by not preventing it
when he can do so; just as one person is said to drench another by not ...
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Responsibilities of the Christian Home.
... of their negligence and of the unholy influence they exerted upon them, they become
desperadoes in crime and villainy, and at last drench their hands in a ...
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The Gift and the Giver
... God cannot give men salvation, as veterinary surgeons drench unwilling
horses"forcing the medicine down their throats through clenched teeth. ...
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Matt. xvii. 10
... and to see all things whirling round, and to be oppressed with giddiness, and like
those that have a fever, to require some who may drench their heads with oil ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lvii matt xvii 10.htm

Thesaurus

Drench (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Drench (4 Occurrences). Psalms 6:6 I am weary with my
groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears. ...
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Drenched (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Drench. Multi-Version Concordance
Drenched (11 Occurrences). Job 29:6 when my steps were ...
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Dregs (7 Occurrences)

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Groaning (27 Occurrences)
... (See NAS RSV). Psalms 6:6 I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed.
I drench my couch with my tears. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NIV). ...
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Furrows (8 Occurrences)
... Job 31:38 If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together; (WEB KJV
JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 65:10 You drench its furrows. ...
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Furrow (3 Occurrences)
... Or will he till the valleys after you? (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV).
Psalms 65:10 You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. ...
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Ridges (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Ridges (1 Occurrence). Psalms 65:10 You drench its
furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. ...
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Moaning (9 Occurrences)
... Moaning (9 Occurrences). Psalms 6:6 I am weary with my groaning. Every night
I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears. (See RSV). ...
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Soften (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Soften (1 Occurrence). Psalms 65:10 You drench its
furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. ...
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Soak (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To drench; to wet thoroughly. 3. (vt) To draw in by the pores, or through
small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture. ...
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Bible Concordance

Drench (4 Occurrences)

Psalms 6:6 I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Psalms 65:10 You drench its furrows. You level its ridges. You soften it with showers. You bless it with a crop.
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 16:9 For this cause my sorrow for the vine of Sibmah will be like the weeping for Jazer: my eyes are dropping water on you, O Heshbon and Elealeh! For they are sounding the war-cry over your summer fruits and the getting in of your grain;
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 32:6 I will also water with your blood the land in which you swim, even to the mountains; and the watercourses shall be full of you.
(See RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Drench

Related Terms

Drenched (11 Occurrences)

Dregs (7 Occurrences)

Groaning (27 Occurrences)

Furrows (8 Occurrences)

Furrow (3 Occurrences)

Ridges (1 Occurrence)

Moaning (9 Occurrences)

Soften (1 Occurrence)

Soak (1 Occurrence)