Abstain (13 Occurrences)

... with from. 2. (vt) To hinder; to withhold. Multi-Version Concordance Abstain (13 Occurrences). Acts 15:20 but that we write to them ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abstain.htm - 10k

Unchastity (5 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood. (See RSV). ... biblethesaurus.org/u/unchastity.htm - 8k

Whoredom (58 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 but to write to them to abstain from the pollutions of the idols, and the whoredom, and the strangled thing; and the blood; (YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/w/whoredom.htm - 24k

Immorality (38 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood. (WEB NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/i/immorality.htm - 18k

Avoid (31 Occurrences)

... 5. (v.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters. 6. (v.) To get rid of. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/avoid.htm - 15k

Sexual (59 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood. (WEB NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sexual.htm - 23k

Fornication (52 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fornication.htm - 24k

Lewdness (68 Occurrences)

... (See NIV). Acts 15:20 But that we write to them that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from lewdness, and from things strangled, and from blood. (WBS). ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lewdness.htm - 29k

Idols (186 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/idols.htm - 37k

Fast (157 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (vi) To abstain from food; to omit to take nourishment in whole or in part; to go hungry. 2. (vi) To ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fast.htm - 49k

Refrain (33 Occurrences)

... govern. 2. (vt) To abstain from. 3. (vi) To keep one's self from action or interference; to hold aloof; to forbear; to abstain. 4 ... biblethesaurus.org/r/refrain.htm - 16k

Meats (9 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye ... biblethesaurus.org/m/meats.htm - 11k

Proselyte (2 Occurrences)

... They were bound only to conform to the so-called seven precepts of Noah, viz., to abstain from idolatry, blasphemy, bloodshed, uncleaness, the eating of blood ... biblethesaurus.org/p/proselyte.htm - 26k

Strangled (4 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/strangled.htm - 9k

Sacrificed (112 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sacrificed.htm - 38k

Drunkenness (10 Occurrences)

... Priests while on duty in the sanctuary were to abstain from wine and strong drink (Leviticus 10:9; compare Ezekiel 44:21). Nazirites ... biblethesaurus.org/d/drunkenness.htm - 24k

Marry (48 Occurrences)

... 1 Corinthians 7:1 I now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter. It is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage. (See NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/m/marry.htm - 22k

Wine (282 Occurrences)

... The Nazarites also were to abstain from its use during the period of their vow (Numbers 6:1-4); and those who were dedicated as Nazarites from their birth were ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wine.htm - 68k

Abstaining (1 Occurrence)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abstain. Multi-Version Concordance Abstaining (1 Occurrence). 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abstaining.htm - 6k

Abstinence (2 Occurrences)

... "Be holy" was accordingly interpreted, "Exercise abstinence in order to arrive at purity and holiness" (`Ab. Zarah, 20b; Siphra', Kedhoshim). "Abstain from ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abstinence.htm - 25k

Meat (387 Occurrences)

... (KJV). Acts 15:20 Yet let us send them written instructions to abstain from things polluted by connexion with idolatry, from fornication, from meat killed by ... biblethesaurus.org/m/meat.htm - 36k

Blood (435 Occurrences)

... Deuteronomy 12:23; Leviticus 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the council of Jerusalem (Acts 15:29). ... biblethesaurus.org/b/blood.htm - 54k

Kind (290 Occurrences)

... 1 Corinthians 8:8 It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor ... biblethesaurus.org/k/kind.htm - 35k

Vow (49 Occurrences)

... 15:8, Absalom; Jonah 1:16, vows of heathen); or negative ('iccar), and included promises by which a person bound himself or herself to abstain from certain ... biblethesaurus.org/v/vow.htm - 27k

Nazarite (8 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) A Jew bound by a vow to lave the hair uncut, to abstain from wine and strong drink, and to practice extraordinary purity of life ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nazarite.htm - 13k

On (40792 Occurrences)

... bet on a horse. 8. (prep.) At or in the time of; during; as, on Sunday we abstain from labor. See At (synonym). 9. (prep.) At the ... biblethesaurus.org/o/on.htm - 17k

Offered (320 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye ... biblethesaurus.org/o/offered.htm - 37k

Jehonadab (2 Occurrences)

... unprincipled. (2.) A son of Rechab, the founder of a tribe who bound themselves by a vow to abstain from wine (Jeremiah 35:6-19). ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jehonadab.htm - 11k

Leave (341 Occurrences)

... 7. (v.) To cease from; to desist from; to abstain from. 8. (v.) To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/leave.htm - 35k

Lusts (28 Occurrences)

... 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (WEB KJV DBY WBS NAS). ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lusts.htm - 14k

Gratefully (1 Occurrence)

... 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gratefully.htm - 6k

Warned (63 Occurrences)

... 1 Corinthians 10:28 But if any one tells you, "This food has been offered in sacrifice;" abstain from eating it--out of respect for him who warned you, and, as ... biblethesaurus.org/w/warned.htm - 25k

Instructions (47 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 Yet let us send them written instructions to abstain from things polluted by connexion with idolatry, from fornication, from meat killed by ... biblethesaurus.org/i/instructions.htm - 20k

Inferior (14 Occurrences)

... 1 Corinthians 8:8 It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor ... biblethesaurus.org/i/inferior.htm - 11k

Forbidding (6 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the ... biblethesaurus.org/f/forbidding.htm - 8k

Farewell (13 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves ... biblethesaurus.org/f/farewell.htm - 11k

Foreigners (76 Occurrences)

... 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (WEB WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/f/foreigners.htm - 29k

Fleshly (15 Occurrences)

... (WEB YLT). 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS). ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fleshly.htm - 11k

Foods (6 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the ... biblethesaurus.org/f/foods.htm - 8k

Forbear (24 Occurrences)

... provoked. 5. (vt) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubtful propriety. 6 ... biblethesaurus.org/f/forbear.htm - 16k

Temperate (6 Occurrences)

... Not limited to abstinence, it is rather the power and decision to abstain with reference to some fixed end, and the use of the impulses of physical, as ... biblethesaurus.org/t/temperate.htm - 12k

Tells (38 Occurrences)

... 1 Corinthians 10:28 But if any one tells you, "This food has been offered in sacrifice;" abstain from eating it--out of respect for him who warned you, and, as ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tells.htm - 16k

Thanksgiving (49 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the ... biblethesaurus.org/t/thanksgiving.htm - 23k

Temperance (3 Occurrences)

... Not limited to abstinence, it is rather the power and decision to abstain with reference to some fixed end, and the use of the impulses of physical, as ... biblethesaurus.org/t/temperance.htm - 12k

Exiles (46 Occurrences)

... 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (See RSV). ... biblethesaurus.org/e/exiles.htm - 20k

Enjoin (15 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the ... biblethesaurus.org/e/enjoin.htm - 11k

Dehort

... Noah Webster's Dictionary (vt) To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DEHORT. de-hort' (apostrepho ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dehort.htm - 6k

Mentioned (30 Occurrences)

... (WEB). 1 Corinthians 7:1 I now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter. It is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage. (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mentioned.htm - 16k

Milk (66 Occurrences)

... in its mother's milk (Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:26 Deuteronomy 14:21), and by a very general interpretation of these passages Jews have come to abstain from the ... biblethesaurus.org/m/milk.htm - 34k

Poll (5 Occurrences)

... baldness as the eagle (margin "vulture"); for they are gone into captivity from thee." The priests, the sons of Zadok, are instructed to abstain from outward ... biblethesaurus.org/p/poll.htm - 12k

Polluted (80 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 Yet let us send them written instructions to abstain from things polluted by connexion with idolatry, from fornication, from meat killed by ... biblethesaurus.org/p/polluted.htm - 31k

Particular (8 Occurrences)

... 1 Corinthians 8:8 It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor ... biblethesaurus.org/p/particular.htm - 12k

Pollutions (4 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pollutions.htm - 7k

Pilgrims (2 Occurrences)

... (WEB KJV ASV WBS). 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS). ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pilgrims.htm - 7k

Pollution (5 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pollution.htm - 8k

Bidding (13 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bidding.htm - 10k

Contract (3 Occurrences)

... (a.) Contracted; affianced; betrothed. 11. (n.) The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing ... biblethesaurus.org/c/contract.htm - 8k

Contaminated (5 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood. (See NAS). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/contaminated.htm - 7k

Communicated (8 Occurrences)

... Acts 21:25 But as for the Gentiles who have accepted the faith, we have communicated to them our decision that they are carefully to abstain from anything ... biblethesaurus.org/c/communicated.htm - 9k

Connexion (9 Occurrences)

... (WEY). Acts 15:20 Yet let us send them written instructions to abstain from things polluted by connexion with idolatry, from fornication, from meat killed by ... biblethesaurus.org/c/connexion.htm - 9k

Created (55 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the ... biblethesaurus.org/c/created.htm - 23k

Altogether (56 Occurrences)

... (WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT). 1 Corinthians 7:1 I now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter. It is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage. (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/altogether.htm - 25k

Acknowledging (7 Occurrences)

... 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 ... biblethesaurus.org/a/acknowledging.htm - 8k

Aliens (53 Occurrences)

... 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (See NAS RSV NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/aliens.htm - 22k

Absorbed (5 Occurrences)

biblethesaurus.org/a/absorbed.htm - 7k

Animals (224 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves ... biblethesaurus.org/a/animals.htm - 37k

Advocate (7 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the ... biblethesaurus.org/a/advocate.htm - 11k

Abstained (2 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Abstain. Multi-Version Concordance Abstained (2 Occurrences). Exodus 31:17 It is a sign ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abstained.htm - 7k

Accepted (82 Occurrences)

... Acts 21:25 But as for the Gentiles who have accepted the faith, we have communicated to them our decision that they are carefully to abstain from anything ... biblethesaurus.org/a/accepted.htm - 31k

Anointing (39 Occurrences)

... Indeed it seems to have been a part of the daily toilet throughout the East. (3) To abstain from it was one token of mourning (2 Samuel 14:2; compare Matthew 6 ... biblethesaurus.org/a/anointing.htm - 28k

Strangers (95 Occurrences)

... 1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; (KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/strangers.htm - 36k

Shared (21 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shared.htm - 12k

Sanctified (105 Occurrences)

... (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). 1 Thessalonians 4:3 for this is the will of God -- your sanctification; that ye abstain from the whoredom, (See NIV). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sanctified.htm - 40k

Superior (18 Occurrences)

... 1 Corinthians 8:8 It is true that a particular kind of food will not bring us into God's presence; we are neither inferior to others if we abstain from it, nor ... biblethesaurus.org/s/superior.htm - 13k

Strangling (4 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:20 Yet let us send them written instructions to abstain from things polluted by connexion with idolatry, from fornication, from meat killed by ... biblethesaurus.org/s/strangling.htm - 8k

Sojourners (37 Occurrences)

... 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul; (ASV DBY YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sojourners.htm - 18k

Subjects (12 Occurrences)

... 1 Corinthians 7:1 I now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter. It is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage. (WEY). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/subjects.htm - 9k

Fare (13 Occurrences)

... Acts 15:29 that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fare.htm - 15k

Gnosticism

... still more boldly when Paul wrote his First Epistle to Timothy (see below), for he describes them as "forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gnosticism.htm - 38k