abstain, v.intr. 1 a (usu. foll. by from) restrain oneself; refrain from indulging in (abstained from cakes and sweets; abstained from mentioning it). b refrain ...

that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality.

Abstaining from wine. · Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or ...

abstain 1, Stay away 1, keep away 1, require abstinence 1, to abstain 1, to keep away 1. In AV: abstain 6. Count: 6. Definition: 1) to hold one's self off ...

Feb 2, 2009 · First Peter 2:11 warns us to “abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.” Identify what is keeping you from experiencing greater ...

1a) a marriageable maiden 1b) a woman who has never had sexual intercourse with a man 1c) one's marriageable daughter 2) a man who has abstained from all ...

By their associations and their softening effects they are to be abstained from or indulged in moderately as "deceitful food" by those who would live the simple ...

spare 9, forbear 1. Count: 10. Definition: 1) to spare 2) to abstain. of uncertain affinity; to be chary of, i.e. (subjectively) to abstain or (objectively) ...

for the games abstained from unwholesome food, wine, and sexual indulgence. middle voice from 1468; to exercise self-restraint (in diet and chastity):-can ...

Only holy bread is available, and then only if your soldiers have abstained from sexual relations with women.” 21:5 David said to the priest, “Certainly ...