Bible Dictionary: Throb

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

2. (n.) A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating; a palpitation:

Library

section 2
... Within a few hours the throb of new life has spread through the flower,
with this first result, that the petals begin to wither. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/trotter/parables of the christ-life/section 2.htm

Sermon at the Fourth Annual Convention of the Brotherhood of St. ...
... I say it reverently, brother, you cannot conceive of a God who could create a world
like this, if He can feel one throb of pity for His children, unless you ...
//christianbookshelf.org/whipple/five sermons/v sermon at the fourth.htm

Striking Similes
... A soft haze, like a fairy dream, is floating over wood and stream. A soul as white
as heaven. A sound like the throb of a bell. A stooping girl as pale as a pearl ...
/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section viii striking similes.htm

By the Wayside
... fallen. In the silence between the muffled beat of hooves the Maccabee
heard at his ears the quick lively throb of a busy pump. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter v by the wayside.htm

Imperial Caesar
... gowns and tunics; striped and checkered woolens, linens or rags; noisy or silent,
angry or sad, hour in and hour out, until the hills were a-throb with the ...
/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter vii imperial caesar.htm

Calvary
... shell comprehend these leagues upon leagues of solid translucent vastness; and yet
the ocean fills its shell and causes its little body to throb with perfect ...
/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter xii calvary.htm

Light at Evening Time
... When the bosom of earth heaves with earthquake, he hears music in every throb and
when earth and heaven seem mingled in one wild disorder and storm, his hand ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/light at evening time.htm

Man.
... Canst thou hear this, and not have thy ears to tingle and burn on thy head? Canst
thou read this and not feel it, and not feel thy conscience begin to throb? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/iv man.htm

The First Games
... Not the least doubt that the child Augustin had felt the little musical
throats of these singing-birds throb between his hands. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/iv the first games.htm

The Final Disillusion
... pleasure of blood.". These breathless phrases of the Confessions seem to
throb still with the wild frenzy of the crowd. They convey ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/ii the final disillusion.htm

Thesaurus

Throb (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) A beat, or strong pulsation, as of the heart and arteries; a violent beating;
a palpitation: Multi-Version Concordance Throb (1 Occurrence). ...
/t/throb.htm - 7k

Throbbeth (1 Occurrence)

/t/throbbeth.htm - 6k

Throats (5 Occurrences)

/t/throats.htm - 7k

Drum
... 13. (vi) To throb, as the heart. 14. (vi) To go about, as a drummer does, to gather
recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc,; -- with for. 15. ...
/d/drum.htm - 9k

Pant (8 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. 3. (vi) To beat with unnatural
violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. ...
/p/pant.htm - 9k

Pulse (3 Occurrences)
... 4. (vi) To beat, as the arteries; to move in pulses or beats; to pulsate; to throb.
5. (vt) To drive by a pulsation; to cause to pulsate. Int. ...
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Beat (85 Occurrences)
... 20. (n.) A stroke; a blow. 21. (n.) A recurring stroke; a throb; a pulsation;
as, a beat of the heart; the beat of the pulse. 22. ...
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Brightened (3 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 60:5 Then thou shalt see, and shalt be brightened, and thy heart shall throb,
and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee ...
/b/brightened.htm - 7k

Careful (130 Occurrences)
... The former element implies a measure of trouble or sorrow, as the pain from a blow,
a throb, a distress in the mind; the latter, from Latin cura, implies a ...
/c/careful.htm - 44k

Care (466 Occurrences)
... The former element implies a measure of trouble or sorrow, as the pain from a blow,
a throb, a distress in the mind; the latter, from Latin cura, implies a ...
/c/care.htm - 44k

Bible Concordance

Throb (1 Occurrence)

Isaiah 60:5 Then thou shalt see and be radiant, and thy heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.
(See JPS DBY NIV)

Subtopics

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Related Terms

Throbbeth (1 Occurrence)

Throats (5 Occurrences)

Drum

Pant (8 Occurrences)

Pulse (3 Occurrences)

Beat (85 Occurrences)

Brightened (3 Occurrences)

Careful (130 Occurrences)

Care (466 Occurrences)