Words the Bible translates as refrain
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- pheidomaiφείδομαιto hold back from the harm, hardship, or action you have every power to carry out
- pauōπαύωto stop, cease: to bring or come to a halt, leaving off an action or letting something run out
- ḥasakhחָשַׂךְto hold back: to keep a thing from being handed over, a person from acting, or a blow from falling
- aphaqאָפַקto hold yourself in: to keep a strong feeling or an urge from breaking out
- aganעָגַןto refrainnot studied yet
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