Difference between revisions of "Countervail"

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<p> '''''koun''''' -'''''tẽr''''' -'''''vāl''''' ´ ( שׁוה , <i> '''''shāwāh''''' </i> , "equalize"): To thwart or overcome by acting against with equal force; Thus, "The enemy could not countervail the king's damage" or loss ( Esther 7:4 the American Standard Revised Version reads "The adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage"). "Nothing doth countervail (the Revised Version (British and American) "can be taken in exchange for") a faithful friend" (Ecclesiasticus 6:15). </p>
 
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39365" /> ==
        Esther 7:4 <p> </p>
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50244" /> ==
        <p> <strong> COUNTERVAIL </strong> . To countervail ( Esther 7:4 , Sir 6:15 ) is to make up for, give an equivalent, as in More’s <em> [[Utopia]] </em> : ‘All the goodes in the worlde are not liable to countervayle man’s life.’ </p>
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59187" /> ==
        <p> COUNTERVAIL, counter and L., to avail or be strong. To act against with equal force, or power to equal to act with equivalent effect against any thing to balance to compensate. </p> <p> The profit will hardly countervail the inconveniences. </p> <p> Although the enemy could not countervail the kings damage. Esther 7 . </p> <p> COUNTERVAIL, n. [[Equal]] weight or strength power or value sufficient to obviate any effect equal weight or value compensation requital. </p>
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2755" /> ==
        <p> '''''koun''''' -'''''tẽr''''' -'''''vāl''''' ´ ( שׁוה , <i> '''''shāwāh''''' </i> , "equalize"): To thwart or overcome by acting against with equal force; Thus, "The enemy could not countervail the king's damage" or loss ( Esther 7:4 the American Standard Revised Version reads "The adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage"). "Nothing doth countervail (the Revised Version (British and American) "can be taken in exchange for") a faithful friend" (Ecclesiasticus 6:15). </p>
==References ==
<references>
 
        <ref name="term_39365"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/countervail Countervail from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
        <ref name="term_50244"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/countervail Countervail from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
        <ref name="term_59187"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/countervail Countervail from King James Dictionary]</ref>
       
        <ref name="term_2755"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/countervail Countervail from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
</references>

Revision as of 16:58, 8 October 2021

Holman Bible Dictionary [1]

Esther 7:4

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]

COUNTERVAIL . To countervail ( Esther 7:4 , Sir 6:15 ) is to make up for, give an equivalent, as in More’s Utopia  : ‘All the goodes in the worlde are not liable to countervayle man’s life.’

King James Dictionary [3]

COUNTERVAIL, counter and L., to avail or be strong. To act against with equal force, or power to equal to act with equivalent effect against any thing to balance to compensate.

The profit will hardly countervail the inconveniences.

Although the enemy could not countervail the kings damage. Esther 7 .

COUNTERVAIL, n. Equal weight or strength power or value sufficient to obviate any effect equal weight or value compensation requital.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]

koun -tẽr -vāl ´ ( שׁוה , shāwāh , "equalize"): To thwart or overcome by acting against with equal force; Thus, "The enemy could not countervail the king's damage" or loss ( Esther 7:4 the American Standard Revised Version reads "The adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage"). "Nothing doth countervail (the Revised Version (British and American) "can be taken in exchange for") a faithful friend" (Ecclesiasticus 6:15).

References