Bible Dictionary: Wring

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing.

2. (v. t.) Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture.

3. (v. t.) To distort; to pervert; to wrest.

4. (v. t.) To extract or obtain by twisting and compressing; to squeeze or press (out); hence, to extort; to draw forth by violence, or against resistance or repugnance; -- usually with out or form.

5. (v. t.) To subject to extortion; to afflict, or oppress, in order to enforce compliance.

6. (v. t.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast.

7. (v. i.) To writhe; to twist, as with anguish.

8. (n.) A writhing, as in anguish; a twisting; a griping.

Strong's Hebrew

4454. malaq -- to nip, nip off
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to nip, nip off NASB Word Usage nip
(1), wring off (1). wring off. A primitive root; to crack ...
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4680. matsah -- to drain, drain out
... suck, wring out. A primitive root; to suck out; by implication, to drain, to squeeze
out -- suck, wring (out). 4679, 4680. matsah. 4681 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

We who are Without Fear Ourselves are not Seeking to Frighten You. ...
... those who deny? You see, then, how you trespass yourselves against your
instructions to wring from the confessing a denial. It is ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/to scapula/chapter iv we who are.htm

Bunyan's Dying Sayings.
... For if sin be such a dreadful thing as to wring the heart of the Son of God, how
shall a poor wretched sinner be able to bear it? OF AFFLICTION. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/miscellaneous pieces/bunyans dying sayings.htm

Humbly Inscribed to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, one of his ...
... And that in sorrow buried; this, in shame; While howling furies wring the doleful
knell; And Conscience, now so soft thou scarce canst hear 54. ...
/.../young/youngs night thoughts/humbly inscribed to his grace.htm

the Use of Humiliation
... How hard do we expostulate with them to wring out of them a few penitential tears,
(and all too little) while yet our own eyes are dry! Alas! ...
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A Word from the Beloved's Own Mouth. "And Ye are Clean. " --John ...
... AS Gideon's fleece was full of dew so that he could wring out the moisture, so will
a text sometimes be when the Holy Spirit deigns to visit His servants ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/till he come/a word from the beloveds.htm

The Remembrance of Christ
... I have a heart, which God knoweth, I wish I could wring from my body and hurl to
an infinite distance; a soul which is a cage of unclean birds, a den of ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the remembrance of christ.htm

How we Should Learn to Die, and of the Nature of an Unprovided
... to be slain. I clasp my hands above my head, I wring them with anguish
in each other, for gladly would I escape from him. I look ...
/.../suso/a little book of eternal wisdom/chapter xxi how we should.htm

Diess Sind Die Heil'Gen Zehn Gebot'. That Man a Godly Life Might ...
... Have mercy, Lord. 8. Steal not; oppressive acts abhor; Nor wring their life-blood
from the poor; But open wide thy loving hand To all the poor in the land. ...
/.../bacon/the hymns of martin luther/xiii diess sind die heilgen.htm

For we Offer Prayer for the Safety of Our Princes to the Eternal.. ...
... punishment. [119] Let this, good rulers, be your work: wring from us the
soul, beseeching God on the emperor's behalf. Upon the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter xxx for we offer.htm

Mr. John Bunyan's Dying Sayings.
... For if sin be so dreadful a thing as to wring the heart of the Son of God, how
shall a poor wretched sinner be able to bear it? OF AFFLICTION. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/mr john bunyans dying sayings.htm

Thesaurus

Wring (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze
hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing. ...Wring (4 Occurrences). ...
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Wrung (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Wring. 2. (v.) imp. & pp of
Wring. Multi-Version Concordance Wrung (5 Occurrences). ...
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Pinch (3 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 1:15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off its head,
and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on ...
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Nip (1 Occurrence)
... Leviticus 5:8 He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one which
is for the sin offering, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall ...
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Wringing (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wring. 2. (a. & n.) from
Wring. Multi-Version Concordance Wringing (1 Occurrence). ...
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Wringed (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (pp) of Wring. Multi-Version Concordance Wringed
(1 Occurrence). Judges 6:38 And it was so: for he rose ...
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Wretches (1 Occurrence)

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Writhe (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To twist and to turn in pain; as to writhe from an ankle sprain. 2. (vt)
To wrest; to distort; to pervert. 3. (vt) To extort; to wring; to wrest. ...
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Foamed (1 Occurrence)
... Psalms 75:8 For a cup 'is' in the hand of Jehovah, And the wine hath foamed, It
is full of mixture, and He poureth out of it, Only its dregs wring out, and ...
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Extort (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To take person by physical force, threats, or ay undue exercise of power;
as, to extort money; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to ...
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Bible Concordance

Wring (4 Occurrences)

Leviticus 1:15 The priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar;
(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 5:8 He shall bring them to the priest, who shall first offer the one which is for the sin offering, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not sever it completely.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV NIV)

Psalms 75:8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 66:11 So that ye suck, and have been satisfied, From the breast of her consolations, So that ye wring out, and have delighted yourselves From the abundance of her honour.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Wring

Related Terms

Wrung (5 Occurrences)

Pinch (3 Occurrences)

Nip (1 Occurrence)

Wringing (1 Occurrence)

Wringed (1 Occurrence)

Wretches (1 Occurrence)

Writhe (6 Occurrences)

Foamed (1 Occurrence)

Extort (2 Occurrences)