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Strait (14 Occurrences)
... 10. (n.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; --
often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits ...STRAIT; STRAITEN; STRAITLY. ...
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Straiten (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract;
to confine. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. STRAIT; STRAITEN; STRAITLY. ...
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Straight (196 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A variant of Strait, a. 2. (superl.)
Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to ...
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Straitly (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (adv.) In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously. ...
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. STRAIT; STRAITEN; STRAITLY. ...
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Narrow (21 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait
connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/narrow.htm - 14k

Leadeth (42 Occurrences)
... Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is
the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/leadeth.htm - 18k

Leading (101 Occurrences)
... Matthew 7:13 Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide 'is' the gate, and broad
the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in ...
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Trogyllium (1 Occurrence)
... From the coast near Miletus the promontory projects into the sea toward the island
of Samos; the strait separating the mainland from the island is scarcely a ...
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Rhegium (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Breach, a town in the south of Italy, on the Strait of
Messina, at which Paul touched on his way to Rome (Acts 28:13). ...
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Channel (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current
flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels. ...
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Sound (1245 Occurrences)
... 11. (adv.) Soundly. 12. (n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the
mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sound.htm - 12k

Straightway (96 Occurrences)
... strat, strat'-wa: "Straiglit" and "strait" are two entirely different words that
have no connection with each other in English, the former being derived from ...
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Straitness (6 Occurrences)
... (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or
situation caused by poverty; as, the Straitness their circumstances. ...
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Straits (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Strait. Multi-Version Concordance
Straits (9 Occurrences). 2 Corinthians 6:4 but in everything ...
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Numbering (35 Occurrences)
... In his "strait" David said, "Let me fall into the hands of the Lord." A pestilence
broke out among the people, and in three days swept away 70,000. ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/numbering.htm - 19k

Ferry (1 Occurrence)
... 18:2). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (vt) To carry or transport over a river,
strait, or other narrow water, in a boat. 2. (vi) To ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/ferry.htm - 7k

Finding (57 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Matthew 7:14 how strait 'is' the gate, and compressed the way that
is leading to the life, and few are those finding it! (YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/finding.htm - 23k

Thickets (14 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
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Thereat (4 Occurrences)
... Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is
the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat ...
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Tombs (27 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
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Red (124 Occurrences)
... separates Asia from Africa. It is connected with the Indian Ocean, of which
it is an arm, by the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb. At a point ...
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Rocks (48 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rocks.htm - 21k

Danites (15 Occurrences)
... Joshua 19:47 And the border of the children of Dan was too strait for them; so the
children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/danites.htm - 11k

Delos
... By the side of Delos, across a very narrow strait, lies Rheneia, another island
which was the burying-ground of Delos; for on the sacred isle neither births ...
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Pits (13 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pits.htm - 13k

Betwixt (16 Occurrences)
... Philippians 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart,
and to be with Christ; which is far better: (KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Belt (32 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading
to the Baltic Sea. 7. (n.) A token or badge of knightly rank. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/belt.htm - 17k

Bereaved (20 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 49:20 The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears: 'The place
is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.' (See NAS). ...
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Cellars (3 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
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Caves (17 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
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Coverts (2 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
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Critical (2 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
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Compressed (1 Occurrence)
... Compressed (1 Occurrence). Matthew 7:14 how strait 'is' the gate, and compressed
the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it! (YLT). ...
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Cliffs (10 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/cliffs.htm - 9k

Adria (1 Occurrence)
... and Illyrian coasts the application of the term was gradually extended southward,
so as to reach Mons Garganus (the Abruzzi), and later the Strait of Hydruntum ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/adria.htm - 8k

Addeth (44 Occurrences)
... Numbers 22:26 and the messenger of Jehovah addeth to pass over, and standeth in
a strait place where there is no way to turn aside -- right or left -- (YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/addeth.htm - 18k

Strongholds (44 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets ...
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Straining (4 Occurrences)

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Samos (1 Occurrence)
... the mouth of the bay of Ephesus, between the cities of EPHESUS and MILETUS (which
see), and separated from the mainland of Ionia by the narrow strait where the ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/samos.htm - 9k

Standeth (111 Occurrences)
... Numbers 22:26 and the messenger of Jehovah addeth to pass over, and standeth in
a strait place where there is no way to turn aside -- right or left -- (YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/standeth.htm - 36k

Forefather (33 Occurrences)
... Joshua 19:47 And the border of the children of Dan was too strait for them; so the
children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/forefather.htm - 17k

Holds (67 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait ( for the people
were distressed ); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets ...
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Eli'sha (52 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha: 'Behold now, the place
where we dwell before thee is too strait for us. (See RSV). ...
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Distressed (70 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/distressed.htm - 27k

Siege (63 Occurrences)
... In the case of Tyre this mound, or way of approach, was a dam thrown across the
narrow strait to obtain access to the walls (Ezekiel 26:8). Very often, too ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/siege.htm - 51k

Hide (135 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
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Lost (85 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 49:20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other,
shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/lost.htm - 32k

Hid (145 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
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Gate (248 Occurrences)
... Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will
seek to enter in, and shall not be able. (KJV WEY WBS YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gate.htm - 63k

Hard-pressed (4 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/hard-pressed.htm - 7k

Calling (145 Occurrences)
... Joshua 19:47 And the border of the children of Dan was too strait for them; so the
children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/calling.htm - 38k

Salvation (386 Occurrences)
... And it is perhaps not necessary to assume that all of those finding the strait
gate (Matthew 7:14) were explicitly among Christ's disciples. ...
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Cover (254 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
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Heaven (653 Occurrences)
... body, as the Jews were expecting. Strait was the gate; it was the narrow
gate of repentance. Jesus began by repeating the initial ...
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Plain (113 Occurrences)
... Joshua 17:16 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people
were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/plain.htm - 71k

Kingdom (409 Occurrences)
... body, as the Jews were expecting. Strait was the gate; it was the narrow
gate of repentance. Jesus began by repeating the initial ...
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God (45911 Occurrences)

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