Abate (2 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Galatians 6:9 Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint. (WEY)

Genesis 8:5 And the waters abated continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen. (Root in DBY RSV)

Thesaurus

Abate (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To reduce; to decrease; to diminish; as, the winds abated; to contract;
to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope. ...
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Remit (3 Occurrences)
... Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision.
5. (vt) To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate. ...
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Relax (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in
respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to ...
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Assuage (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (vi) To abate or subside. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ASSUAGE. a-swaj'
(the King James Version Asswage):Lit,. "sweeten," "soften ...
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Abated (10 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Abate. Multi-Version Concordance
Abated (10 Occurrences). Genesis 8:3 And the waters returned ...
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Allay
... 2. (vt) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity
of affliction or the bitterness of adversity. 3. (vt) To ...
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Slacken (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (v.) To abate; to become less violent. 5 ... industry. 12. (vt) To cause to
become less intense; to mitigate; to abate; to ease. 13. ...
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Qualify (2 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength
of, as liquors. 5. (vt) To soothe; to cure; -- said of persons. ...
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Lull (1 Occurrence)
... soothe; to quiet. 2. (vi) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease
or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls. 3. (n.) The power ...
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Greek

2869. kopazo -- to grow weary
... to grow weary. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kopazo Phonetic Spelling:
(kop-ad'-zo) Short Definition: I cease, drop Definition: I abate, cease raging ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ABATE

a-bat': Used six times in Old Testament for five different Hebrew words, signifying "to diminish," "reduce," "assuage"; of the Flood (Genesis 8:8); of strength (Deuteronomy 34:7); of pecuniary value (Leviticus 27:18); of wrath (Judges 8:3); of fire (Numbers 11:2).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To reduce; to decrease; to diminish; as, the winds abated; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.

2. (v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.

3. (v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.

4. (v. t.) To blunt.

5. (v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.

6. (v. t.) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.

7. (v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.

8. (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.

9. (v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.

10. (n.) Abatement.

Strong's Hebrew

7918. shakak -- to decrease, abate
... << 7917c, 7918. shakak. 7919 >>. to decrease, abate. Transliteration: shakak Phonetic
Spelling: (shaw-kak') Short Definition: subsided. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7043. qalal -- to be slight, swift or trifling
... abate, make bright, bring into contempt, accurse, despise, be easy. A
primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally ...
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1639. gara -- to diminish, restrain, withdraw
... abate, clip, diminish, do take away, keep back, restrain, make small, withdraw.
A primitive root; to scrape off; by implication, to ...
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5127. nus -- to flee, escape
... abate, away, be displayed, make to flee away put to flight, hide, lift up a
standard. A primitive root; to flit, ie Vanish away (subside ...
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7503. raphah -- sink, relax
... abate, cease, consume, draw toward evening, fail, be faint, be wax feeble,
forsake,. A primitive root; to slacken (in many applications ...
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8257. shaqa -- to sink, sink down
... 8:8); a primitive root; to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease;
causatively, to abate, subdue -- make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink. ...
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