Abstaining
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(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstain.
Greek
269. amachos -- abstaining from fighting
... abstaining from fighting. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: amachos Phonetic
Spelling: (am'-akh-os) Short Definition: not quarrelsome, peaceable ...
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568. apecho -- to hold back, keep off, to be away, be distant
... Word Origin from apo and echo Definition to hold back, keep off, to be away, be
distant NASB Word Usage abstain (5), abstaining (1), away (1), away* (1 ...
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Three Good Reasons for Abstaining from Certain Kinds of Food.
... On the Morals of the Manich??ans. Chapter 14. "Three Good Reasons for
Abstaining from Certain Kinds of Food. 31. But, you reply ...
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But Neither do the Jews Pride Themselves Upon Abstaining from ...
... Chapter XLIX. But neither do the Jews pride themselves upon abstaining from
swine's flesh? But neither do the Jews pride themselves ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xlix but neither do.htm

How those are to be Admonished who Abstain not from the Sins which ...
... How those are to be admonished who abstain not from the sins which they bewail,
and those who, abstaining from them, bewail them not. ...
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Faustus Repels the Insinuation that the Prophecy of Paul with ...
... spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their consciences
seared as with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, abstaining from meats ...
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That the Union of Our Will with the Good-Pleasure of God Takes ...
... The Stoics, especially good Epictetus, placed all their philosophy in abstaining
and sustaining, bearing and forbearing; in abstaining from and forbearing ...
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Whether Continence is a virtue?
... Wherefore he is properly and truly continent who holds to right reason, by abstaining
from evil desires, and not he who holds to perverse reason, by abstaining ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether continence is a virtue.htm

Whether Venial Sin Can be Forgiven Without Penance?
... was explained in the [4778]FS, Q[74], A[8], ad 2; [4779]FS, Q[109], A[8]. Consequently
penance for mortal sins requires man to purpose abstaining from mortal ...
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Whether Abstinence is a virtue?
... St. Augustine, QQ. Evang. ii, qu.11] observes that "justice consists neither in
abstaining nor in eating." Therefore abstinence is not a virtue. ...
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Whether an Aureole is Due on Account of virginity?
... Now widows have greater difficulty than virgins in abstaining from the
works of the flesh. For Jerome says (Ep. ad Ageruch.) that ...
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Upon Our Lord's SermonOn the Mount
... of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery;" (Matt.5:27; ) and, in explaining this,
those blind leaders of the blind only insist on men's abstaining from the ...
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Thesaurus
Abstaining (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstain. Multi-Version
Concordance Abstaining (1 Occurrence). 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding ...
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Abstinence (2 Occurrences)
... sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from
intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. 2. (n ...
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Temperate (6 Occurrences)
... Clement of Alexandria: "Not abstaining from all things, but using continently such
things as one has judged should be used"; "such things as do not seem beyond ...
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Temperance (3 Occurrences)
... Clement of Alexandria: "Not abstaining from all things, but using continently such
things as one has judged should be used"; "such things as do not seem beyond ...
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Covenant (309 Occurrences)
... (3.) The condition was perfect obedience to the law, the test in this case being
abstaining from eating the fruit of the "tree of knowledge," etc. ...
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Abstains (2 Occurrences)

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Abstaineth (2 Occurrences)

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Proselyte (2 Occurrences)
... Such Jewish customs as fasting, cleansings, abstaining from pork, lighting the candles
on Friday evening, and keeping the Sabbath (Josephus, Apion, II, 29, etc ...
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Resources
What are the different types of fasting? | GotQuestions.org

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Concordance
Abstaining (1 Occurrence)

1 Timothy 4:3
forbidding to marry -- to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Abstaining

Abstaining from Meat

Related Terms

Abstinence (2 Occurrences)

Temperate (6 Occurrences)

Temperance (3 Occurrences)

Covenant (309 Occurrences)

Abstains (2 Occurrences)

Abstaineth (2 Occurrences)

Proselyte (2 Occurrences)

Abstaineth
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