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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A pustule; a pimple.

2. (v. t.) To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.

3. (v. t.) To thrust the points of the horns against; to gore.

4. (v. t.) To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far.

5. (v. t.) To bear hard upon; to perplex; to embarrass.

6. (v. t.) To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease.

7. (v. i.) To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword.

8. (v. i.) To make an advance, attack, or effort; to be energetic; as, a man must push in order to succeed.

9. (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.

10. (n.) A thrust with a pointed instrument, or with the end of a thing.

11. (n.) Any thrust. pressure, impulse, or force, or force applied; a shove; as, to give the ball the first push.

12. (n.) An assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action.

13. (n.) The faculty of overcoming obstacles; aggressive energy; as, he has push, or he has no push.

Greek

1643. elauno -- to drive or push (as wind, oars, or demoniacal ...
... to drive or push (as wind, oars, or demoniacal power). Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: elauno Phonetic Spelling: (el-ow'-no) Short Definition: I drive ...
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683. apotheo -- to thrust away
... to thrust away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: apotheo Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-o-theh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I push or thrust away, reject Definition ...
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1856. exotheo -- to thrust out
... shore. Word Origin from ek and otheo (to push) Definition to thrust out
NASB Word Usage drive (1), drove (1). drive out, propel. ...
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1423. duskolos -- with difficulty
... properly, hardly, referring to how hard it is to pass through; (figuratively)
problematic, difficult (" passing through"), like trying to push something too ...
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4261. proballo -- to throw before
... put forward, shoot forth. From pro and ballo; to throw forward, ie Push to the front,
germinate -- put forward, shoot forth. see GREEK pro. see GREEK ballo. ...
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3791. ochleo -- to disturb, trouble
... 3791 (from 3793, "a crowd") -- properly, to mob; (figuratively) to push with force
("forcing along"), exercising torrent-like momentum (like the force of a ). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5055. nagach -- to push, thrust, gore
... 5054, 5055. nagach. 5056 . to push, thrust, gore. Transliteration: nagach Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-gakh') Short Definition: gores. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1920. hadaph -- to thrust, drive, push
... 1919, 1920. hadaph. 1921 . to thrust, drive, push. Transliteration: hadaph
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-daf') Short Definition: driven. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6335a. push -- probably to spring about
... 6335, 6335a. push. 6335b . probably to spring about. Transliteration: push
Short Definition: about. Word Origin a prim. ... 6335, 6335a. push. 6335b . ...
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6335b. push -- to be scattered
... 6335a, 6335b. push. 6336 . to be scattered. Transliteration: push Short Definition:
scattered. Word Origin a prim. ... 6335a, 6335b. push. 6336 . ...
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1760. dachah -- to push, thrust
... 1759, 1760. dachah. 1761 . to push, thrust. Transliteration: dachah Phonetic
Spelling: (daw-khaw') Short Definition: down. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6484. patsar -- to push, press
... 6483b, 6484. patsar. 6485 . to push, press. Transliteration: patsar Phonetic
Spelling: (paw-tsar') Short Definition: urged. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3014. yagah -- to thrust away
... to push away; be removed. A primitive root (probably rather the same as yagah through
the common idea of dissatisfaction); to push away; -be removed. ...
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5056. naggach -- given to goring (used of bulls)
... used wont to push. From nagach; butting, ie Vicious -- used (wont) to push. see
HEBREW nagach. 5055, 5056. naggach. 5057 . Strong's Numbers.
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5062. nagaph -- to strike, smite
... A primitive root; to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease) --
beat, dash, hurt, plague, slay, smite (down), strike, stumble, X surely, put to ...
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1848. dophi -- a blemish, fault
... slanders. From an unused root (meaning to push over); a stumbling-block --
slanderest. 1847, 1848. dophi. 1849 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

October the Twenty-Fourth "Push" and "Pull"
... OCTOBER The Twenty-fourth "PUSH" AND "PULL". LUKE xiv.1-11. The world
canonizes "push." It eulogizes the "man of push." It loves ...
/.../october the twenty-fourth push and.htm

Full Power through Rhythm.
... He would say, "heave ho!". Then all together they would sing "heave ho," and
push. And a "heave ho," and push; a "heave ho," and a push. ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on service/full power through rhythm.htm

Shall we Go?
... Then the road begins to narrow a bit. The thorn bushes on the side have grown so
thick and rank that they push over the sides of the road, and narrow it down. ...
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Wide Reading.
... Never mind that now. Just push on. Do not try to remember all. ... But do not stop at
the close of Genesis. Push on into Exodus. The connection is immediate. ...
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The Cross was Foretold in the Blessings of Joseph, and in the ...
... glorified among his brethren; [2304] his beauty is [like] the firstling of a bullock;
his horns the horns of an unicorn: with these shall he push the nations ...
/.../chapter xci the cross was foretold.htm

Types of the Death of Christ Isaac; Joseph; Jacob against Simeon ...
... but when he is blessed by his father in these words: "His glory is that of a bullock;
his horns are the horns of a unicorn; with them shall he push the nations ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter xviii name of the.htm

A Battle with Smallpox
... It was during one of these times that the doctor was most determined to push
his remedies on him, and he succeeded, too, in a small measure. ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter xx a battle with.htm

An Advance Step in the Royal Programme
... It has not been vacated. Men down here may push God off the throne of their
lives, and try to push Him out of the affairs of the earth. ...
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The Children of the Poor.
... For, if any man will push beyond the circle of his daily associations, and enter
the regions of the abject poor, he will see how the hostile forces of privation ...
/.../chapin/humanity in the city/discourse vii the children of.htm

Removing the Veil
... Ransomed men need no longer pause in fear to enter the Holy of Holies. God wills
that we should push on into His Presence and live our whole life there. ...
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Thesaurus

Push (23 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To press or urge forward; to drive; to push an objection too far. ... 7. (vi)
To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword. ...
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Gore (9 Occurrences)
... in the King James Version, namely, Exodus 21:28, 31 bis, "if an ox gore a man or
a woman," etc.; in 21:29, 32, 36, the King James Version has "push" (with his ...
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Kenaanah (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 22:11 Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, "Thus
says Yahweh,'With these you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed ...
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Jostle (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to elbow; to hustle; to
disturb by crowding; to crowd against. 2. (vi) To push; to crowd; to hustle. ...
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Fixing (13 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Zechariah 3:2 And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary: 'Jehovah doth push against
thee, O Adversary, Yea, push against thee doth Jehovah, Who is fixing on ...
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Restrained (51 Occurrences)
... Exodus 21:29 But if the ox was accustomed to push with his horn in time past, and
it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not restrained him, but that ...
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Exterminated (8 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 22:11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself horns of iron,
and he said, Thus saith Jehovah: With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until ...
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Elbow (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (vt) To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another. ... 6. (vi) To
push rudely along; to elbow one's way. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Put (13688 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To move in any direction; to impel; to thrust; to push; -- nearly obsolete,
except with adverbs, as with by (to put by = to thrust aside; to divert ...
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Chenaanah (5 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 22:11 Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, "Thus
says Yahweh,'With these you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed ...
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Bible Concordance

Push (23 Occurrences)

Luke 5:3 and going on board one of them, which was Simon's He asked him to push out a little from land. Then He sat down and taught the crowd of people from the boat.
(WEY)

Luke 5:4 When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Push out into deep water, and let down your nets for a haul."
(WEY)

Philippians 3:14 with my eyes fixed on the goal I push on to secure the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus.
(WEY)

Exodus 21:29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
(KJV WBS)

Exodus 21:32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
(KJV WBS)

Exodus 21:36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
(KJV WBS)

Deuteronomy 15:17 then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also to your female servant you shall do likewise.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 33:17 The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he shall push the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth: They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh."
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Joshua 23:5 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
(See RSV NIV)

Judges 20:37 and the ambush have hasted, and push against Gibeah, and the ambush draweth itself out, and smiteth the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword.
(YLT)

Ruth 2:16 and also ye do surely cast to her of the handfuls -- and have left, and she hath gleaned, and ye do not push against her.'
(YLT)

1 Samuel 27:8 and David goeth up and his men, and they push unto the Geshurite, and the Gerizite, and the Amalekite, (for they are inhabitants of the land from of old), as thou comest in to Shur and unto the land of Egypt,
(YLT)

1 Kings 22:11 Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, "Thus says Yahweh,'With these you shall push the Syrians, until they are consumed.'"
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV)

2 Kings 4:27 And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.
(Root in BBE NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 18:10 Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus says Yahweh, With these you shall push the Syrians, until they be consumed.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS RSV)

2 Chronicles 18:11 With these thou dost push Aram till thou hast consumed them.' And all the prophets are prophesying so, saying, 'Go up 'to' Ramath-Gilead and prosper, and Jehovah hath given 'it' into the hand of the king.'
(YLT)

Job 24:4 They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
(See NAS)

Job 30:12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Psalms 44:5 Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 46:15 Why are your strong ones swept away? they didn't stand, because Yahweh did drive them.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 34:21 Because you thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the diseased with your horns, until you have scattered them abroad;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Daniel 11:40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT)

Zechariah 3:2 And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary: 'Jehovah doth push against thee, O Adversary, Yea, push against thee doth Jehovah, Who is fixing on Jerusalem, Is not this a brand delivered from fire?'
(YLT)

Subtopics

Push

Related Terms

Gore (9 Occurrences)

Kenaanah (5 Occurrences)

Jostle (3 Occurrences)

Fixing (13 Occurrences)

Restrained (51 Occurrences)

Exterminated (8 Occurrences)

Elbow (1 Occurrence)

Put (13688 Occurrences)

Chenaanah (5 Occurrences)