Bible Dictionary: Stifle

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To stop the breath of by smothering; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.

2. (n.) The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint.

3. (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.

4. (v. t.) To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.

5. (v. i.) To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.

Greek

638. apopnigo -- to choke
... choke, drown. From apo and pnigo; to stifle (by drowning or overgrowth) -- choke.
see GREEK apo. see GREEK pnigo. (apepnige) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Library

Ahab and Elijah
... abroad rest and comfort. It is easy to kill a conscience"after a fashion
at least. It is easy to stifle it. It is easy to come ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/ahab and elijah.htm

The Bequest of Peace.
... Some stifle anxiety about worldly things by impressing on themselves that fretting
does no good, and that what cannot be cured must be endured; and any anxiety ...
/.../the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol ii/xi the bequest of peace.htm

St. Peter of Alcantara Comforts the Saint. Great Temptations and ...
... work, which it produces. It seems to stifle the soul and trammel the body,
so as to make them good for nothing. 11. Now, though the ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/chapter xxx st peter of.htm

Sermon
... Civilisation represents an elaborate system of auxiliary disciplines, designed to
stifle as far as may be the brute in man and to strengthen the acquired ...
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Book I to Pleasant Songs My Work was Erstwhile Given, and Bright ...
... These are they who stifle the fruit-bearing harvest of reason with the barren briars
of the passions: they free not the minds of men from disease, but accustom ...
/.../boethius/the consolation of philosophy/book i to pleasant songs.htm

The Naturalness of Prayer
... He is always confronting us, judging us, saving us in a spiritual world, which Nature
does not stifle, but only makes it more universal and impressive than our ...
/.../forsyth/the soul of prayer/chapter ii the naturalness of.htm

Significance of Compulsory Service.
... Educated people of the upper classes are trying to stifle the ever-growing sense
of the necessity of transforming the existing social order. ...
/.../the kingdom of god is within you/chapter vii significance of compulsory.htm

Of Scoffing and Derision.
... like it not in one respect, yet are many time so transported with it in the other,
that they choose rather to propagate the contumely, than stifle the conceit. ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section vii of scoffing and.htm

The Hindrances to Mourning
... Now when we stifle these motions, which is called a quenching the Spirit (1
Thessalonians 5:19), then we do, as it were, hinder the tide from coming in. ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/9 the hindrances to mourning.htm

Treats of How God Inspires the Soul with Such Vehement and ...
... This increases the anguish to such a degree that the sufferer gives vent to loud
cries which she cannot stifle, however patient and accustomed to pain she may ...
/.../teresa/the interior castle or the mansions/chapter xi treats of how.htm

Thesaurus

Stifle (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To stop the breath of by smothering; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the
death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust. ...
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Falls (79 Occurrences)
... It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no depth of earth; (WEY). Matthew
13:7 Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up and stifle it. ...
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Message (222 Occurrences)
... has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the
cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message ...
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Choke (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing
upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle. ...
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Strangle (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vt) To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. 3. (vt) To hinder from appearance;
to stifle; to suppress. 4. (vi) To be strangled, or suffocated. ...
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Spring (122 Occurrences)
... light spring up. (ASV). Matthew 13:7 Some falls among the thorns; but the
thorns spring up and stifle it. (WEY). Mark 4:7 Some, again ...
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Yields (21 Occurrences)
... RSV). Mark 4:7 Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring
up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop. (WEY). Mark ...
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Quite (55 Occurrences)
... has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the
cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message ...
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Objects (30 Occurrences)
... Mark 4:19 but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit
of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful ...
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Grow (139 Occurrences)
... him. (Root in WEB NAS). Luke 8:7 Another part falls among the thorns, and
the thorns grow up with it and stifle it. (WEY BBE). Luke ...
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Bible Concordance

Stifle (5 Occurrences)

Matthew 13:7 Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up and stifle it.
(WEY)

Matthew 13:22 He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.
(WEY)

Mark 4:7 Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.
(WEY)

Mark 4:19 but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.
(WEY)

Luke 8:7 Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it.
(WEY)

Subtopics

Stifle

Related Terms

Falls (79 Occurrences)

Message (222 Occurrences)

Choke (6 Occurrences)

Strangle (1 Occurrence)

Spring (122 Occurrences)

Yields (21 Occurrences)

Quite (55 Occurrences)

Objects (30 Occurrences)