Bible Dictionary: Rubbing

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rub.

2. (a. & n.) from Rub.

Greek

5548. chrio -- to anoint
... 5548 -- to by rubbing or pouring on someone to represent the flow (empowering)
. Anointing (literally) involved rubbing olive oil ...
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1813. exaleipho -- to wipe out, erase, obliterate
... [1813 () originally meant, "to plaster, rub smooth, or whitewash." Later it referred
to "wiping out" in the sense of "to " (rubbing out a writing or seal ...
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5597. psocho -- to rub
... rub to pieces. Word Origin collateral form of psao (to rub) Definition
to rub NASB Word Usage rubbing (1). rub. Prolongation from ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4795. maruq -- a scraping, rubbing
... 4794, 4795. maruq. 4796 . a scraping, rubbing. Transliteration: maruq Phonetic
Spelling: (maw-rook') Short Definition: beautification. ...
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4790. meroach -- perhaps a rubbing away
... 4789, 4790. meroach. 4791 . perhaps a rubbing away. Transliteration: meroach
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-o-akh') Short Definition: crushed. ...
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8562. tamruq -- a scraping, rubbing
... 8561, 8562. tamruq. 8563 . a scraping, rubbing. Transliteration: tamruq
Phonetic Spelling: (tam-rook') Short Definition: cosmetics. ...
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5130. nuph -- to move to and fro, wave, sprinkle
... to quiver (ie Vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety
of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing ...
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4799. marach -- to rub
... lay for a plaster. A primitive root; properly, to soften by rubbing or pressure;
hence (medicinally) to apply as an emollient -- lay for a plaister. ...
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Library

The Elf
... The Elf's chief delinquencies at present, however, spring from a rooted aversion
to her share in the family housework (ten minutes' rubbing up of brass water ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter xx the elf.htm

On the Use of Ointments and Crowns.
... is in high estimation with them, and the ointment prepared from roses and the others
which women use besides, both moist and dry, scents for rubbing and for ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter viii on the use of.htm

But Let There Be, as You Wish, Honour in Wine and in Incense...
... [4920] Lit., "and some rubbing of cinders added," aliqua frictione cineris;
an emendation of Ursinus for the possibly correct ms. ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/32 but let there be.htm

March 3. "Now no Chastening for the Present Seemeth to be Joyous ...
... produce. The rubbing creates the electric current.". ... pressure. He is generating
spiritual force by hard rubbing. Some of us don't like it. ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /march 3 now no chastening.htm

The Sabbath
... His work to a late hour, and while passing through the fields, the disciples began
to gather the heads of grain, and to eat the kernels after rubbing them in ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 29 the sabbath.htm

Arrival
... Yet to an every day passer-by neither when he travels across the Brooklyn bridge
rubbing elbows with the scores of the masses of humanity that hasten their way ...
/.../conversion of a high priest into a christian worker/chapter ii arrival.htm

Appendix xvii. The Ordinances and Law of the Sabbath as Laid Down ...
... Even such things as might be put on to prevent the rubbing of a wound, or other
possible harm, or to distinguish an animal, must be left aside on the day of ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix xvii the ordinances and.htm

Disclosure of the Monstrous Tenets of the Manichæans.
... As for motion, and tossing, and rubbing, if these give the divine nature the
opportunity of escaping from these substances, many things of the same kind are ...
/.../chapter 16 name of the 2.htm

Care of the Speaker's Throat
... throat and abdominal muscles. After the "tub" a vigorous rubbing with towel
and hands should produce a glow. To the frequent question ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/kleiser/talks on talking/care of the speakers throat.htm

Of Precious Stones and Pearls.
... The only edifice which they know how to rear is this silly pride of women: because
they require slow rubbing that they may shine, and artful underlaying that ...
/.../tertullian/on the apparel of women/chapter vi of precious stones and.htm

Thesaurus

Rubbing (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (a. & n.) from Rub. Multi-Version Concordance Rubbing (7 Occurrences). ... His disciples
plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. ...
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Grate (6 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh
sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing. ...
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Wipe (24 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as,
to wipe the hands or face with a towel. ... 5. (n.) Act of rubbing, esp. ...
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Fray (4 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as
cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head. 5. (vi) To rub. ...
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Chafe (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vt) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable. 4. (vi) To rub; to
come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction. ...
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Gall (17 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing;
to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the ...
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Wash (105 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water; to apply water or
other liquid to for the purpose of cleansing; to scrub with water, etc., or ...
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Rustle (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To make a quick succession of small sounds,
like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves. ...
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Rub (1 Occurrence)
... world. 10. (n.) The act of rubbing; friction. 11. ... fields. His disciples plucked
the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands. ...
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Mill (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing
and crushing it between two hard, rough, or indented surfaces; as, a gristmill ...
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Bible Concordance

Rubbing (7 Occurrences)

Luke 6:1 Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first, that he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain, and ate, rubbing them in their hands.
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Ruth 3:3 So take a bath, and, after rubbing your body with sweet oil, put on your best robe, and go down to the grain-floor; but do not let him see you till he has come to the end of his meal.
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2 Samuel 12:20 Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.
(BBE)

Job 2:8 And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.
(BBE)

Proverbs 6:13 Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;
(BBE)

Ezekiel 16:9 Then I had you washed with water, washing away all your blood and rubbing you with oil.
(BBE)

Amos 6:6 Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.
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Subtopics

Rubbing

Related Terms

Grate (6 Occurrences)

Wipe (24 Occurrences)

Fray (4 Occurrences)

Chafe (1 Occurrence)

Gall (17 Occurrences)