2 occurrences in 12 translations
'Refrain' in the Bible
Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration
The Adjuration Refrain The Beloved to the Maidens:I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: "Do not awake or arouse love until it pleases!"
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Abstain (16 instances)
- Chorus (6 instances)
- Desist (12 instances)
- Forbear (23 instances)
- Refrain (50 instances)
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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חשׂך
Chasak
Chasak
spare , keep back , withhold , refrain , asswage , reserved , hold back , variant , forbear , hindereth , kept , punished , withholdeth
Usage: 28
כּלא
Kala'
Kala'
Usage: 18
מנע
mana`
mana`
Usage: 29
עצר
`atsar
`atsar
shut up , stayed , retain , detain , able , withhold , keep , prevail , recover , refrained , reign ,
Usage: 46
ἀφίστημι
Aphistemi
Aphistemi
Usage: 13