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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Juice; gravy; a seasoned dish; a delicacy.

2. (v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to sue.

3. (v. t.) To unite or fasten together by stitches, as with a needle and thread.

4. (v. t.) To close or stop by sewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip.

5. (v. t.) To enclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag.

6. (v. i.) To practice sewing; to work with needle and thread.

7. (v. t.) To drain, as a pond, for taking the fish.

Greek

1976. epirapto -- to sew upon
... to sew upon. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epirapto Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-ir-hrap'-to) Short Definition: I sew on Definition: I sew (on). ...
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4476. rhaphis -- a needle
... 4476 -- a sewing or surgical needle referred to in Mt 19:24 and Mk 10:25. Word Origin
from rhapto (to sew) Definition a needle NASB Word Usage needle (2). ...
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690a. araphos -- unsewn, ie without seam
... Word Origin from a comp. of alpha (as a neg. prefix) and rhapto (to sew) Definition
unsewn, ie without seam NASB Word Usage seamless (1). 690, 690a. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8609. taphar -- to sew together
... 8608, 8609. taphar. 8610 . to sew together. Transliteration: taphar Phonetic
Spelling: (taw-far') Short Definition: sew. Word Origin a prim. ...
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2950. taphal -- to smear, plaster over, stick, glue
... forger, sew up. A primitive root; properly, to stick on as a patch; figuratively,
to impute falsely -- forge(-r), sew up. 2949, 2950. taphal. 2951 . ...
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2339. chut -- thread, cord, line
... cord, fillet, line, thread. From an unused root probably meaning to sew; a string;
by implication, a measuring tape -- cord, fillet, line, thread. 2338, 2339 ...
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Library

Various Experiences --Continued
... healing people. She was so nearly blind that she could not see to sew or
read, and could scarcely do her housework at all. At first ...
/.../cole/trials and triumphs of faith/chapter xv various experiencescontinued.htm

Change not Always Improvement.
... hair-pin! while voluptuousness insulted over the fact that, after transfixing
monsters, they should perchance sew a coronet! No ...
/.../tertullian/on the pallium/chapter iv change not always improvement.htm

Letter vi. Associates and Friends.
... They are "all tired out" if they sweep and dust or do housework for an hour or two,
or take a half-mile walk on an errand, or sew continuously for an hour. ...
/.../letter vi associates and friends.htm

The Shepherd among his Flock
... said in an off-hand manner, "Oh! this has just come off! Will you sew it
on?". In a surpassingly unselfish fashion he thought of ...
/.../herrick/frank h nelson of cincinnati/the shepherd among his flock.htm

Ninth Commandment
... I have heard that in Siam they sew up the mouth of a confirmed liar. I am afraid
if that was the custom in America, a good many would suffer. ...
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A Child's Faith
... "Never mind, mama; I shall soon be asleep, and then I shall not feel hungry.
But you must sit here and sew, hungry and cold. Poor ...
/.../shaw/touching incidents and remarkable answers to prayer/a childs faith.htm

The Red Shoes
... burned. But Karen herself was clothed neatly and properly: she was taught
to read and to sew, and the people said she was agreeable. ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the red shoes.htm

Use what You Have.
... meetings. She seemed to have one special gift. She could sew. She could
do plain sewing and overcast, cross-stitch and hem-stitch. ...
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The Congregationalists.
... Leonard Bacon: Thirteen Historical Discourses, on the Completion of Two Hundred
Years from the Beginning of the First Church in Sew Haven. New Haven, 1839. ...
/.../ 101 the congregationalists.htm

A Short Method to Know God's Will.
... make this examination; for to what end should we puzzle to know whether it were
better to hear Mass in one church than in another, to spin than to sew, to give ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter xiv a short method.htm

Thesaurus

Sew (4 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To close or stop by sewing; -- often with up; as, to sew up a rip. 5. (vt)
To enclose by sewing; -- sometimes with up; as, to sew money in a bag. ...
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Quilt (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To stitch or sew together at frequent intervals, in order to confine in
place the several layers of cloth and wadding of which a garment, comforter, etc ...
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Sow (61 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To sew. See Sew. 2. (n.) The female of
swine, or of the hog kind. 3. (n.) A sow bug. 4. (n.) A ...
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Severity (7 Occurrences)

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Kerchiefs (2 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 13:18 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows
on all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature ...
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Up (25836 Occurrences)
... of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink
up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a ...
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Lengths (2 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 13:18 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows
on all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature ...
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List (17 Occurrences)
... it is coated. 19. (vt) To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make
a show of colors, or form a border. 20. (vt) To cover ...
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Whip (7 Occurrences)
... 9. (vt) To sew lightly; specifically, to form (a fabric) into gathers by loosely
overcasting the rolled edge and drawing up the thread; as, to whip a ruffle. ...
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Fell (331 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) The finer portions of ore which go through the meshes, when the ore is
sorted by sifting. 11. (vt) To sew or hem; -- said of seams. 12. ...
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Bible Concordance

Sew (4 Occurrences)

Mark 2:21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 3:7 The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 3:7 a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 13:18 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Sew

Tailoring: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Quilt (2 Occurrences)

Sow (61 Occurrences)

Severity (7 Occurrences)

Kerchiefs (2 Occurrences)

Up (25836 Occurrences)

Lengths (2 Occurrences)

List (17 Occurrences)

Whip (7 Occurrences)