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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59103" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59103" /> == | ||
<p> [[Constrain,]] [[L.,]] to strain, to bind. See Strain. In a general sense, to strain to press to urge to drive to exert force, physical or moral, either in urging to action or in restraining it. Hence, </p> 1. To compel or force to urge with irresistible power, or with a power sufficient to produce the effect. <p> The spirit within me constraineth me. Job 32 . </p> <p> [[I]] was constrained to appeal to Caesar. Acts 28 . </p> <p> For the love of Christ constraineth us. 2 Corinthians 5 . </p> 2. To confine by fore to restrain from escape or action to repress. <p> My sire in caves constrains the winds. </p> 3. To hold by force to press to confine. <p> How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. </p> 4. To constringe to bind. <p> When winter frosts constrain the field with cold. </p> 5. To tie fast to bind to chain to confine. <p> He binds in chains the drowsy prophet, and his limbs constrains. </p> 6. To necessitate. <p> Did fate or we the adulterous act constrain? </p> 7. To force to ravish. Not used. 8. To produce in opposition to nature as a constrained voice constrained notes. | |||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_103935" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' (v. t.) To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (v. t.) To bring into a narrow compass; to compress. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. t.) To violate; to ravish. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (v. t.) To compel; to force; to necessitate; to oblige. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. t.) To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effect; as, a constrained voice. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v. t.) To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2739" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2739" /> == | ||
<p> '''''kon''''' -'''''strān''''' ´: [[Generally]] in the sense of pressing urgently ( 2 Kings 4:8; Luke 24:29; Acts 16:15 ), to impel or carry away ( 2 Corinthians 5:14 ); sometimes to be compelled of necessity ( Job 32:18; Acts 28:19; compare Galatians 6:12 ). See [[Compel]] . </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_59103"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/constrain Constrain from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_103935"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/constrain Constrain from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_2739"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/constrain Constrain from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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