Ascetic
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Ascetic (1 Occurrence)

Colossians 2:23 These rules have indeed an appearance of wisdom where self-imposed worship exists, and an affectation of humility and an ascetic severity. But not one of them is of any value in combating the indulgence of our lower natures. (WEY)

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Ascetic (1 Occurrence)
... religious things. Multi-Version Concordance Ascetic (1 Occurrence). Colossians
2:23 These rules have indeed an appearance of wisdom ...
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Abstinence (2 Occurrences)
... In the fragments of his sermons which are preserved in the Gospels there is no trace
of any exhortation to ascetic exercises, though John's disciples practiced ...
/a/abstinence.htm - 25k

General (9 Occurrences)
... expression of the Acts of Paul) "the word of God regarding abstinence and the
resurrection." 4. Heretical Teaching: Besides inculcating an ascetic morality the ...
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Gnosticism
... This ascetic tendency is wonderfully widespread; it reappears century after century,
and shows itself in many forms of religion, not merely in distorted forms ...
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Temptation (22 Occurrences)
... Jesus was so intensely absorbed that He forgot to eat. There was nothing ascetic
or ritualistic about it, and so this is no example for ascetic fasting for us. ...
/t/temptation.htm - 30k

Apocryphal
... expression of the Acts of Paul) "the word of God regarding abstinence and the
resurrection." 4. Heretical Teaching: Besides inculcating an ascetic morality the ...
/a/apocryphal.htm - 101k

Natures (12 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:23 These rules have indeed an appearance of wisdom where self-imposed
worship exists, and an affectation of humility and an ascetic severity. ...
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Josephus
... to one Banus, an ESSENES, (which see), in the desert of Engedi, with whom he remained
for 3 years, absorbing occult lore, and practicing the ascetic life. ...
/j/josephus.htm - 13k

Flavius
... to one Banus, an ESSENES, (which see), in the desert of Engedi, with whom he remained
for 3 years, absorbing occult lore, and practicing the ascetic life. ...
/f/flavius.htm - 13k

Restraining (9 Occurrences)
... Colossians 2:23 These rules have indeed an appearance of wisdom where self-imposed
worship exists, and an affectation of humility and an ascetic severity. ...
/r/restraining.htm - 9k

Greek
857. apheidia -- unsparing treatment
... 857 -- (from 1 "not" and 5339 , "to spare") -- properly, severity, referring to
a " form of self-control" based on an ascetic, unsparing attitude" (, 1, 88.90 ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (a.) Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotion; austere; severe.

2. (n.) In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things.

Strong's Hebrew
3649. komer -- a priest (in idol worship)
... From kamar; properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), ie An idolatrous
priest (only in plural) -- Chemarims (idolatrous) priests. ...
/hebrew/3649.htm - 6k
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