Restrain (31 Occurrences)

... 4. (vt) To limit; to confine; to restrict. 5. (vt) To withhold; to forbear. Multi-Version Concordance Restrain (31 Occurrences). ... biblethesaurus.org/r/restrain.htm - 15k

Incontinency (1 Occurrence)

... 1. (n.) Incapacity to hold; hence, incapacity to hold back or restrain; the quality or state of being incontinent; want of continence; failure to restrain the ... biblethesaurus.org/i/incontinency.htm - 7k

Curb (5 Occurrences)

... 2. (vt) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/curb.htm - 9k

Control (88 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint. 3. (n.) Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining ... biblethesaurus.org/c/control.htm - 33k

Restrained (51 Occurrences)

... (imp. & pp) of Restrain. ... Psalms 40:9 I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/restrained.htm - 22k

Bind (68 Occurrences)

... 2. (vt) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bind.htm - 32k

Forbid (46 Occurrences)

... koluo): Occurs very seldom in the Old Testament except as the rendering of chalilah (see below); it is once the translation of kala', "to restrain" (Numbers 11 ... biblethesaurus.org/f/forbid.htm - 23k

Dam (5 Occurrences)

... 5. (vt) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dam.htm - 9k

Contain (19 Occurrences)

... 3. (vt) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. 4. (vi) To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity. Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/contain.htm - 13k

Stint (1 Occurrence)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stint.htm - 7k

Suppress (1 Occurrence)

... 3. (vt) To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. 4. (vt) To stop; to restrain... biblethesaurus.org/s/suppress.htm - 7k

Stay (221 Occurrences)

... 4. (vi) To bear up under; to endure; to support; to resist successfully. 5. (vi) To hold from proceeding; to withhold; to restrain; to stop; to hold. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stay.htm - 38k

Hold (500 Occurrences)

... remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hold.htm - 39k

Restoring (8 Occurrences)

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Yoke (79 Occurrences)

... oxen. 16. (vt) To couple; to join with another. 17. (vt) To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine. 18. (vi) To ... biblethesaurus.org/y/yoke.htm - 40k

Qualify (2 Occurrences)

... 3. (vt) To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to ... biblethesaurus.org/q/qualify.htm - 8k

Keep (4573 Occurrences)

... 2. (vt) To hold; to restrain from departure or removal; not to let go of; to retain in one's power or possession; not to lose; to retain; to detain. ... biblethesaurus.org/k/keep.htm - 9k

Opposition (22 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. 2. (n.) The state of ... biblethesaurus.org/o/opposition.htm - 13k

Let (16815 Occurrences)

... 8. (vt) To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/let.htm - 8k

Govern (21 Occurrences)

... authority. 2. (vt) To regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse. 3. (vt ... biblethesaurus.org/g/govern.htm - 12k

Gehazi (14 Occurrences)

... the covetous spirit of Gehazi, which had been awakened by the sight of the costly presents the prophet had refused, was no longer able to restrain itself. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gehazi.htm - 19k

Guard (185 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like. 3. (n.) To protect the edge of, esp. ... biblethesaurus.org/g/guard.htm - 55k

Well-satisfied (1 Occurrence)

... 1 Peter 3:10 For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words ... biblethesaurus.org/w/well-satisfied.htm - 6k

Withhold (32 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To hold back; to restrain; to keep from action. 2. (vt) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as ... biblethesaurus.org/w/withhold.htm - 16k

Indulge (12 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain. 2. (vt) to give free course ... biblethesaurus.org/i/indulge.htm - 10k

Imprison (3 Occurrences)

... 1. (vt) To put in prison or jail; To arrest and detain in custody; to confine. 2. (vt) To limit, restrain, or confine in any way. Multi-Version Concordance ... biblethesaurus.org/i/imprison.htm - 7k

Incontinent (1 Occurrence)

... 2. (a.) Unable to restrain natural evacuations. 3. (n.) One who is unchaste. 4. (adv.) Incontinently; instantly immediately. Multi-Version Concordance ... biblethesaurus.org/i/incontinent.htm - 7k

Fetter (4 Occurrences)

... 4. (p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fetter.htm - 8k

Finger (35 Occurrences)

... machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/finger.htm - 22k

Forwardness (2 Occurrences)

... 3. (n.) Eagerness; ardor; as, it is difficult to restrain the forwardness of youth. 4. (n.) Boldness; confidence; assurance; want of due reserve or modesty. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/forwardness.htm - 13k

Throat (13 Occurrences)

... Isaiah 58:1 Call with the throat, restrain not, As a trumpet lift up thy voice, And declare to My people their transgression, And to the house of Jacob their ... biblethesaurus.org/t/throat.htm - 11k

Thickness (12 Occurrences)

... as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, 'Go up, say unto Ahab, 'Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.' (YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/t/thickness.htm - 10k

Tie (18 Occurrences)

... 11. (vt) To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine. 12. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tie.htm - 13k

Rebuke (77 Occurrences)

... 1. (vt) To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rebuke.htm - 32k

Revoke (10 Occurrences)

... like. 3. (vt) To hold back; to repress; to restrain. 4. (vt) To draw back; to withdraw. 5. (vt) To call back to mind; to recollect. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/revoke.htm - 10k

Restrict (1 Occurrence)

... 2. (vt) To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/restrict.htm - 7k

Restraineth (6 Occurrences)

... wisely. (DBY WBS). Proverbs 27:16 He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil. (ASV DBY). ... biblethesaurus.org/r/restraineth.htm - 8k

Refrain (33 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern. 2. (vt) To abstain from. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/refrain.htm - 16k

Retain (24 Occurrences)

... 2. (vt) To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor. 3. (vt) To restrain; to prevent. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/retain.htm - 15k

Rein (3 Occurrences)

... 3. (vt) To govern or direct with the reins; as, to rein a horse one way or another. 4. (vt) To restrain; to control; to check. 5. (vi) To be guided by reins. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rein.htm - 7k

Encountereth (1 Occurrence)

... Encountereth (1 Occurrence). Proverbs 27:16 He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil. (ASV DBY). ... biblethesaurus.org/e/encountereth.htm - 6k

Enjoin (15 Occurrences)

... 1. (vt) To urge; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. 2. (vt) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/enjoin.htm - 11k

Dehort

... in Apocrypha (1 Macc 9:9). An obsolete English word; the opposite of exhort. It means to dissuade, to forbid, to restrain from. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dehort.htm - 6k

Damp (1 Occurrence)

... 7. (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/damp.htm - 7k

Detain (4 Occurrences)

... 1. (vt) To keep back or from; to withhold. 2. (vt) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/detain.htm - 8k

Deceitful (46 Occurrences)

... 1 Peter 3:10 For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deceitful.htm - 18k

Muzzle (4 Occurrences)

... 4. (vt) To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or ... biblethesaurus.org/m/muzzle.htm - 9k

Prison (131 Occurrences)

... 3. (vt) To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty. 4. (vt) To bind (together); to enchain. Int. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/prison.htm - 52k

Possessors (14 Occurrences)

... Ecclesiastes 8:8 There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in ... biblethesaurus.org/p/possessors.htm - 10k

Pinion (4 Occurrences)

... 8. (vt) To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. 9. (vt) To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body. 10. ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pinion.htm - 9k

Brake (80 Occurrences)

... 8. (n.) A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/brake.htm - 34k

Bit (46 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary The curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain them. The Hebrew word (metheg) so rendered in Psalm ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bit.htm - 24k

Betrayeth (6 Occurrences)

... thee? (KJV ASV WBS). Proverbs 27:16 He that would restrain her restraineth the wind; And his right hand encountereth oil. (See JPS). ... biblethesaurus.org/b/betrayeth.htm - 7k

Bound (175 Occurrences)

... point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to enclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bound.htm - 41k

Bottle (28 Occurrences)

... 4. (vt) To put into bottles; to enclose in, or as in, a bottle or bottles; to keep or restrain as in a bottle; as, to bottle wine or porter; to bottle up one's ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bottle.htm - 23k

Behave (18 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain. 2. (vt) To carry ... biblethesaurus.org/b/behave.htm - 11k

Blaspheming (9 Occurrences)

... I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn't restrain them ... biblethesaurus.org/b/blaspheming.htm - 8k

Billows (18 Occurrences)

... peoples. (YLT). Psalms 89:9 Thou 'art' ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them. (YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/b/billows.htm - 11k

Bridle (12 Occurrences)

... 7. (vt) To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bridle.htm - 15k

Bolt (5 Occurrences)

... etc. 13. (vt) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain. 14. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bolt.htm - 11k

Confine (3 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to enclose; to keep close. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/confine.htm - 7k

Conclude (1 Occurrence)

... 7. (vt) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to stop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes ... biblethesaurus.org/c/conclude.htm - 8k

Constrain (6 Occurrences)

... to constringe. 2. (vt) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress. 3. (vt) To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress. 4. (vt ... biblethesaurus.org/c/constrain.htm - 9k

Close (186 Occurrences)

... the cedar"; atsam, "to harden"; "Yahweh has closed your eyes" (Isaiah 29:10); gadhar, "to hedge" or "wall up" (Amos 9:11); `atsar, "to restrain" (Genesis 20:18 ... biblethesaurus.org/c/close.htm - 39k

Concubine (21 Occurrences)

... 30). But in process of time the custom of concubinage degenerated, and laws were made to restrain and regulate it (Exodus 21:7-9). ... biblethesaurus.org/c/concubine.htm - 15k

Assuage (1 Occurrence)

... "sweeten," "soften down"; then, "mitigate," "abate"; used of "flood," Genesis 8:1 ("subside"); of grief, Job 16:5, 6 ("restrain"); also applied to any strong ... biblethesaurus.org/a/assuage.htm - 7k

Appease (11 Occurrences)

... and American) changes "appeased" of the King James Version in Acts 19:35 into "quieted" (Greek katastello, "put down," "suppress," "restrain," referring to a ... biblethesaurus.org/a/appease.htm - 10k

Shower (22 Occurrences)

... as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, 'Go up, say unto Ahab, 'Bind -- and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.' (YLT NAS). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/shower.htm - 15k

Stop (108 Occurrences)

... 4. (vt) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stop.htm - 38k

Scarcely (14 Occurrences)

... fish. (WEY). Acts 14:18 and these things saying, scarcely did they restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them. (YLT RSV). Acts ... biblethesaurus.org/s/scarcely.htm - 10k

Saddleth (5 Occurrences)

... 2 Kings 4:24 And she saddleth the ass, and saith unto her young man, 'Lead, and go, do not restrain riding for me, except I have said 'so' to thee.' (YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/s/saddleth.htm - 7k

Silence (80 Occurrences)

... 9. (vt) To restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction, or the like, especially from the act of preaching; as, to silence a minister ... biblethesaurus.org/s/silence.htm - 31k

Wishes (37 Occurrences)

... 1 Peter 3:10 For "He who wishes to be well-satisfied with life and see happy days-- let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from deceitful words ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wishes.htm - 16k

Head (4291 Occurrences)

... 25. (vt) To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain; as, to head a drove of cattle; to head a ... biblethesaurus.org/h/head.htm - 24k

Answereth (144 Occurrences)

... Numbers 11:28 And Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, 'one' of his young men, answereth and saith, 'My lord Moses, restrain them.' (YLT). ... biblethesaurus.org/a/answereth.htm - 36k

Paths (65 Occurrences)

... paths. (DBY YLT). Proverbs 1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them, restrain thy foot from their path; (See RSV NIV). Proverbs ... biblethesaurus.org/p/paths.htm - 24k

Remainder (33 Occurrences)

... plunder. (See NIV). Psalms 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. (KJV DBY WBS). ... biblethesaurus.org/r/remainder.htm - 18k

Opening (242 Occurrences)

... Genesis 6:16 a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side ... biblethesaurus.org/o/opening.htm - 37k

Delivereth (49 Occurrences)

... Ecclesiastes 8:8 There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in ... biblethesaurus.org/d/delivereth.htm - 19k