2 occurrences

'Constrained' in the Bible

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

Verse ConceptsLost AppetiteBeds

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

Verse ConceptsBedroomsHospitalityTravellers

Bible Theasaurus

Constrain (5 instances)
Constrained (12 instances)
Cumber (1 instance)
Forced (142 instances)
Reserved (48 instances)
Restrain (52 instances)
Restrained (59 instances)
Stiffen (3 instances)
Strained (6 instances)
Tighten (2 instances)

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