Abstinence (2 Occurrences)

... Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, -- called also total abstinence. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ABSTINENCE. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abstinence.htm - 25k

Fast (157 Occurrences)

... 2. (vi) To practice abstinence as a religious exercise or duty; to abstain from food voluntarily for a time, for the mortification of the body or appetites, or ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fast.htm - 49k

Fasting (34 Occurrences)

... It is a matter of common observation and experience that great distress causes loss of appetite and therefore occasions abstinence from food. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fasting.htm - 23k

Drunkenness (10 Occurrences)

... While total abstinence is not prescribed as a formal and universal rule, broad principles are laid down, especially in the New Testament, which point in that ... biblethesaurus.org/d/drunkenness.htm - 24k

Temperance (3 Occurrences)

... moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect ... biblethesaurus.org/t/temperance.htm - 12k

Nazirite (10 Occurrences)

... a vow of separation and self-imposed discipline for the purpose of some special service, and the fact of the vow was indicated by special signs of abstinence. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nazirite.htm - 21k

General (9 Occurrences)

... intended to confirm and popularize a type of Christianity in strong reaction against the world, in which emphasis was laid on the rigid abstinence from sexual ... biblethesaurus.org/g/general.htm - 49k

Temperate (6 Occurrences)

... Not limited to abstinence, it is rather the power and decision to abstain with reference to some fixed end, and the use of the impulses of physical, as ... biblethesaurus.org/t/temperate.htm - 12k

Abstemiousness (1 Occurrence)

... (n.) The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/abstemiousness.htm - 7k

Separate (115 Occurrences)

... they who say that there is no resurrection shall have no resurrection." With faith in the resurrection is associated the demand for strict sexual abstinence. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/separate.htm - 71k

Apocryphal

... intended to confirm and popularize a type of Christianity in strong reaction against the world, in which emphasis was laid on the rigid abstinence from sexual ... biblethesaurus.org/a/apocryphal.htm - 101k

Salvation (386 Occurrences)

... Requisite to salvation was the abstention from certain acts, articles of food, etc., such abstinence seeming to lie at the background of the term "holiness ... biblethesaurus.org/s/salvation.htm - 67k

Vigil (2 Occurrences)

... 1. (vi) Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being ... biblethesaurus.org/v/vigil.htm - 7k

Nazarite (8 Occurrences)

... The vow of a Nazarite involved these three things, (1) abstinence from wine and strong drink, (2) refraining from cutting the hair off the head during the ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nazarite.htm - 13k

Loosed (41 Occurrences)

... Acts 27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete ... biblethesaurus.org/l/loosed.htm - 19k

Gained (66 Occurrences)

... Acts 27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gained.htm - 25k

Insisting (5 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who ... biblethesaurus.org/i/insisting.htm - 8k

Feast (209 Occurrences)

... rest, "a memorial of blowing of trumpets" (the Hebrew leaves "of trumpets" to be understood), signalized further by "a holy convocation," abstinence from work ... biblethesaurus.org/f/feast.htm - 47k

Trumpets (52 Occurrences)

... rest, "a memorial of blowing of trumpets" (the Hebrew leaves "of trumpets" to be understood), signalized further by "a holy convocation," abstinence from work ... biblethesaurus.org/t/trumpets.htm - 32k

Thankfulness (7 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who ... biblethesaurus.org/t/thankfulness.htm - 8k

Rigor (8 Occurrences)

... 8. (n.) Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification. 9. (n.) Violence; force; fury. Multi-Version Concordance ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rigor.htm - 9k

Regard (230 Occurrences)

... 4. (vt) To look upon, as in a certain relation; to hold as an opinion; to consider; as, to regard abstinence from wine as a duty; to regard another as a friend ... biblethesaurus.org/r/regard.htm - 36k

Partaken (2 Occurrences)

... 1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding people to marry, and insisting on abstinence from foods which God has created to be partaken of, with thankfulness, by those who ... biblethesaurus.org/p/partaken.htm - 7k

Absurd (1 Occurrence)

biblethesaurus.org/a/absurd.htm - 7k

Strange (234 Occurrences)

... Some find here the sin of drunkenness, from the enjoined abstinence from any intoxicating drink before the priests thereafter minister before Yahweh (Leviticus ... biblethesaurus.org/s/strange.htm - 45k

Temptation (22 Occurrences)

... It is doubtful whether the text demands absolute abstinence from food; rather, long periods of fasting, and insufficient food when He had it. ... biblethesaurus.org/t/temptation.htm - 30k

Midst (657 Occurrences)

... Acts 27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete ... biblethesaurus.org/m/midst.htm - 37k

Sheba (36 Occurrences)

... Ceremonial ablution, and abstinence from certain things, as well as formal dedication of the worshipper and his household and goods to the deity, were also ... biblethesaurus.org/s/sheba.htm - 32k

Acts (271 Occurrences)

... intended to confirm and popularize a type of Christianity in strong reaction against the world, in which emphasis was laid on the rigid abstinence from sexual ... biblethesaurus.org/a/acts.htm - 101k

Hezekiah (124 Occurrences)

... prophet's insistent attitude of "quietness and confidence" (compare Isaiah 30:15), that is, of stedfast trust in Yahweh alone, and of abstinence from revolt ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hezekiah.htm - 72k

Proselyte (2 Occurrences)

... compare Exodus 20:10) only professed his faith in the God of Israel, and bound himself to the observance of the 7 Noachic precepts, abstinence from blasphemy ... biblethesaurus.org/p/proselyte.htm - 26k

Fire (602 Occurrences)

... Some find here the sin of drunkenness, from the enjoined abstinence from any intoxicating drink before the priests thereafter minister before Yahweh (Leviticus ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fire.htm - 78k

Hearkened (171 Occurrences)

... Acts 27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hearkened.htm - 39k

Harm (111 Occurrences)

... Acts 27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete ... biblethesaurus.org/h/harm.htm - 35k

Law (670 Occurrences)

... of the council at Jerusalem treats circumcision as unnecessary for the Gentiles, and only enjoins, in relation to the Mosaic ritual, abstinence from things ... biblethesaurus.org/l/law.htm - 101k

Borrowing (1 Occurrence)

... It is doubtful whether the text demands absolute abstinence from food; rather, long periods of fasting, and insufficient food when He had it. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/borrowing.htm - 52k

Messenger (235 Occurrences)

... of the council at Jerusalem treats circumcision as unnecessary for the Gentiles, and only enjoins, in relation to the Mosaic ritual, abstinence from things ... biblethesaurus.org/m/messenger.htm - 101k

Tabeel (2 Occurrences)

biblethesaurus.org/t/tabeel.htm - 101k