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Pressing (16 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Press. 2. (a.) Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing
necessity. Multi-Version Concordance Pressing (16 Occurrences). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pressing.htm - 11k

Instant (19 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest. 3. (a.) Closely pressing or impending
in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay. ...
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Throng (21 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp.) of Thring. 2. (n.) A multitude of persons or
of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd. ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/throng.htm - 12k

Touch (82 Occurrences)
... the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or
a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/touch.htm - 35k

Crowd (166 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To press or drive together; to mass together. 3. (vt) To fill by pressing
or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/crowd.htm - 35k

Press (57 Occurrences)
... 19. (n.) An upright case or closet for the safe keeping of articles; as, a clothes
press. 20. (n.) The act of pressing or thronging forward. 21. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/press.htm - 46k

Adoption (5 Occurrences)
... He employed the idea metaphorically much in the manner of Christ's parables, and,
as in their case, there is danger of pressing the analogy too far in its ...
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Crafts (2 Occurrences)
... Pliny mentions many other oils which were extracted in Egypt. The oils were usually
extracted by first crushing the fruit and then pressing the crushed mass. ...
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Need (914 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A state that requires supply or relief;
pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want. ...
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Necessity (22 Occurrences)
... inevitableness; indispensableness. 2. (n.) The condition of being needy or
necessitous; pressing need; indigence; want. 3. (n.) That ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/necessity.htm - 13k

Urge (34 Occurrences)
... 7. (vi) To press onward or forward. 8. (vi) To be pressing in argument; to insist;
to persist. Multi-Version Concordance Urge (34 Occurrences). ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/urge.htm - 15k

Urgent (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity;
calling for immediate attention; instantly important. ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/urgent.htm - 10k

Ordinary (17 Occurrences)
... Acts 28:2 and the foreigners were shewing us no ordinary kindness, for having kindled
a fire, they received us all, because of the pressing rain, and because ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/ordinary.htm - 12k

Oil (281 Occurrences)
... 2. Production and Storage: Olive oil has been obtained, from the earliest times,
by pressing the fruit in such a way as to filter out the oil and other liquids ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/oil.htm - 60k

Occasion (53 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Luke 5:1 On one occasion the crowd was pressing on Him and listening to God's
Message, while He was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/occasion.htm - 23k

Justus (3 Occurrences)
... It would be pressing this passage unduly to make it mean that out of the large
number-hundreds, or perhaps even one or two thousands-who composed the ...
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Jehoram (27 Occurrences)
... At Kir-haraseth Mesha made a final stand. The Israelites refrained from pressing
their victory further, and returned to their own land. ...
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Listening (47 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Luke 5:1 On one occasion the crowd was pressing on Him and listening to God's
Message, while He was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. (WEY NAS NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/listening.htm - 19k

Gennes'aret (2 Occurrences)
... Luke 5:1 And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word
of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, (See RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gennes'aret.htm - 6k

Won (24 Occurrences)
... reached perfection. But I am pressing on, striving to lay hold of the prize
for which also Christ has laid hold of me. (WEY). Hebrews ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/won.htm - 13k

Instance (9 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A single occurrence or example. 2. (n.) The act or quality of being instant
or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion. ...
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Insist (7 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or
determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/insist.htm - 8k

Instantly (39 Occurrences)
... Instant is used once in Isaiah 29:5 in the sense of immediate time; elsewhere in
the sense of urgent, pressing; Luke 23:23, where "were instant" is the King ...
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Importunity (1 Occurrence)
... (n.) The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent
request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity. Int. ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/importunity.htm - 7k

Important (39 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) Bearing on; forcible; driving. 4. (vt) Importunate; pressing; urgent.
Multi-Version Concordance Important (39 Occurrences). ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/important.htm - 18k

Foreigners (76 Occurrences)
... Acts 28:2 and the foreigners were shewing us no ordinary kindness, for having kindled
a fire, they received us all, because of the pressing rain, and because ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/foreigners.htm - 29k

Full (1047 Occurrences)
... 12. (n.) To thicken by moistening, heating, and pressing, as cloth; to mill;
to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill. 13. ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/full.htm - 36k

Touched (96 Occurrences)
... Mark 5:31 His disciples said to him, "You see the multitude pressing against you,
and you say,'Who touched me?'" (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/touched.htm - 36k

Tight (9 Occurrences)
... 10. (superl.) Somewhat intoxicated; tipsy. 11. (superl.) Pressing; stringent; not
easy; firmly held; dear; -- said of money or the money market. Cf. Easy, 7. ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tight.htm - 10k

Tribulation (43 Occurrences)
... 2. In the New Testament: The Greek is thlipsis, a "pressing together" (as of grapes),
squeezing or pinching (from verb thlibo); used figuratively for "distress ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tribulation.htm - 24k

Type (12 Occurrences)
...Pressing the typical teaching of Scripture so far as to imperil the historical validity
of God's word is both dangerous and certain to be followed by reaction ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/type.htm - 23k

Rash (18 Occurrences)
... and worsted. 5. (superl.) Sudden in action; quick; hasty. 6. (superl.)
Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. 7. (superl.) Esp ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rash.htm - 12k

Edge (150 Occurrences)
... on. 9. (vt) To move by little and little or cautiously, as by pressing forward
edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards. 10. (vi ...
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Entreaty (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An earnest request or petition; a plea;
an urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. ...
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Exclaimed (45 Occurrences)
... Mark 5:31 "You see the multitude pressing you on all sides," His disciples
exclaimed, "and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'" (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/exclaimed.htm - 19k

Emergency (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls
for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/emergency.htm - 7k

Driving (144 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft. 4. (n.) The act of
forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously. ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/driving.htm - 37k

Mealtime (1 Occurrence)
... The kneading of the dough preparatory to baking was done doubtless, as it is now
in the East, by pressing it between the hands or by passing it from hand to ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mealtime.htm - 24k

Meals (8 Occurrences)
... The kneading of the dough preparatory to baking was done doubtless, as it is now
in the East, by pressing it between the hands or by passing it from hand to ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/meals.htm - 27k

Meal-time (1 Occurrence)
... The kneading of the dough preparatory to baking was done doubtless, as it is now
in the East, by pressing it between the hands or by passing it from hand to ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/meal-time.htm - 24k

Pressure (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of pressing, or the condition of being
pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pressure.htm - 10k

Pethor (2 Occurrences)
... a three or four weeks' journey, but the messengers sent to fetch him, though they
had to travel that distance twice, could naturally, by pressing their mounts ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pethor.htm - 10k

Pinch (3 Occurrences)
... See Pinch, n., 4. 6. (vi) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as,
the shoe pinches. 7. (vi) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pinch.htm - 8k

Prevailing (3 Occurrences)
... Luke 23:23 And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and
their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing, (YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/prevailing.htm - 7k

Pressfat (1 Occurrence)

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Presses (12 Occurrences)
... wine and oil. (YLT). Amos 2:13 Lo, I am pressing you under, As the full
cart doth press for itself a sheaf. (See RSV). Zechariah 14 ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/presses.htm - 10k

Press-measures (1 Occurrence)
Press-measures. << Pressing, Press-measures. Pressure >>. Multi-Version Concordance ...
(See JPS DBY). << Pressing, Press-measures. Pressure >>. Reference Bible.
biblethesaurus.org/p/press-measures.htm - 6k

Philippi (8 Occurrences)
... Thracian inroads. Above all, the mines of the district might meet his most
pressing need, that of an abundant supply of gold. The ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/philippi.htm - 36k

Pushing (26 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Push. 2. (a.) Pressing forward in business; enterprising; driving;
energetic; also, forward; officious, intrusive. Multi-Version Concordance ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pushing.htm - 14k

Prize (13 Occurrences)
... perfection. But I am pressing on, striving to lay hold of the prize for which
also Christ has laid hold of me. (WEY DBY). Philippians ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/prize.htm - 13k

Besetting (1 Occurrence)
... & vb. n.) of Beset. 2. (a.) Habitually attacking, harassing, or pressing upon or
about; as, a besetting sin. Multi-Version Concordance Besetting (1 Occurrence). ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/besetting.htm - 7k

Constrain (6 Occurrences)
... kon-stran': Generally in the sense of pressing urgently (2 Kings 4:8 Luke 24:29
Acts 16:15), to impel or carry away (2 Corinthians 5:14); sometimes to be ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/constrain.htm - 9k

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. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/choke.htm - 9k

Cares (28 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 11:28 Besides those things that are without, the crowd of cares
pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies. (DBY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cares.htm - 13k

Assault (8 Occurrences)
... a-solt' (tsur; horme): The Hebrew verbal form is used of pressing forward a siege
(see SIEGE), but also of a hostile attack upon a person then translated ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/assault.htm - 11k

Archery
... The battle bows, such as are mentioned in Zechariah 9:10; Zechariah 10:4, must have
been of great size, since they required to be strung by pressing the foot ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/archery.htm - 9k

Anguish (75 Occurrences)
... distress; also shabhats, "giddiness," "confusion of mind"; hul "to twist" with pain,
"writhe." So in the New Testament, thlipsis, "a pressing together," hence ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/anguish.htm - 29k

Striving (33 Occurrences)
... perfection. But I am pressing on, striving to lay hold of the prize for
which also Christ has laid hold of me. (WEY). Colossians ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/striving.htm - 16k

Slack (19 Occurrences)
... 6. (superl.) Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as,
business is slack. 7. (adv.) Slackly; as, slack dried hops. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/slack.htm - 12k

Shewing (23 Occurrences)
... Acts 28:2 and the foreigners were shewing us no ordinary kindness, for having kindled
a fire, they received us all, because of the pressing rain, and because ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/shewing.htm - 13k

Sides (170 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY). Mark 5:31 "You see the multitude pressing you on all sides," His
disciples exclaimed, "and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'" (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sides.htm - 38k

Spin (4 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling
it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/spin.htm - 9k

Stop (108 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against
the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/stop.htm - 38k

Sheaf (11 Occurrences)
... shall gather them. (See NAS). Amos 2:13 Lo, I am pressing you under, As
the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf. (YLT). Micah 4 ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sheaf.htm - 12k

Light (2869 Occurrences)
... 33. (superl.) Not pressing heavily or hard upon; hence, having an easy, graceful
manner; delicate; as, a light touch; a light style of execution. 34. ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/light.htm - 31k

Beside (326 Occurrences)
... Luke 5:1 And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word
of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, (YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/beside.htm - 36k

Message (222 Occurrences)
... Luke 5:1 On one occasion the crowd was pressing on Him and listening to God's
Message, while He was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/message.htm - 34k

Rabbi (51 Occurrences)
... asked. And when all denied having done so, Peter and the rest said, "Rabbi,
the crowds are hemming you in and pressing on you." (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rabbi.htm - 22k

Aqueduct (4 Occurrences)
... The covenant between Abimelech and Abraham at Beersheba (Genesis 32) was
a necessity, no less pressing then than it is now. The ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/aqueduct.htm - 23k

Sacrifice (300 Occurrences)
... of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in
behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sacrifice.htm - 101k

Cistern (21 Occurrences)
... The covenant between Abimelech and Abraham at Beersheba (Genesis 32) was
a necessity, no less pressing then than it is now. The ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cistern.htm - 29k

Race (36 Occurrences)
... reached perfection. But I am pressing on, striving to lay hold of the prize
for which also Christ has laid hold of me. (WEY). 2 Timothy ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/race.htm - 19k

God's (602 Occurrences)
... Luke 5:1 On one occasion the crowd was pressing on Him and listening to God's
Message, while He was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/god's.htm - 33k

Crowds (62 Occurrences)
... And when all denied having done so, Peter and the rest said, "Rabbi, the
crowds are hemming you in and pressing on you." (WEY DBY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/crowds.htm - 24k

Justification (6 Occurrences)
... was no way of overcoming these doubts but in a renewed struggle for his own
righteousness shown in the fiery zeal of his Damascus journey, pressing on even ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/justification.htm - 43k

Perfection (30 Occurrences)
... perfection. But I am pressing on, striving to lay hold of the prize for
which also Christ has laid hold of me. (WEY). Colossians ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/perfection.htm - 25k

Burden (111 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 11:28 Besides those things that are without, the crowd of cares
pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies. (DBY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/burden.htm - 46k

Reached (152 Occurrences)
... perfection. But I am pressing on, striving to lay hold of the prize for
which also Christ has laid hold of me. (WEY). Philippians ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/reached.htm - 35k

Yet (1244 Occurrences)
... Mark 5:31 "You see the multitude pressing you on all sides," His disciples
exclaimed, "and yet you ask, 'Who touched me?'" (WEY RSV NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/y/yet.htm - 35k

Hezekiah (124 Occurrences)
... Hezekiah began with the most pressing constructive need, the opening and cleansing
of the Temple, which his father Ahaz had left closed and desecrated (2 ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/hezekiah.htm - 72k




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