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Greek

856. aphedron -- a place of sitting apart, ie a privy, drain
... a place of sitting apart, ie a privy, drain. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: aphedron Phonetic Spelling: (af-ed-rone') Short Definition: a drain ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4680. matsah -- to drain, drain out
... 4679, 4680. matsah. 4681 . to drain, drain out. Transliteration: matsah Phonetic
Spelling: (maw-tsaw') Short Definition: drained. Word Origin a prim. ...
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4711. matsats -- to drain out
... to drain out. Transliteration: matsats Phonetic Spelling: (maw-tsats') Short Definition:
suck. ... root Definition to drain out NASB Word Usage suck (1). milk. ...
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2834. chasaph -- to strip off, strip, make bare
... A primitive root; to strip off, ie Generally to make naked (for exertion or in
disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid) -- make bare, clean, discover ...
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Library

Spiritual Farming. --No. 1 Draining.
... The land, once too cold and wet to allow anything valuable to grow, has been by
grips and drain pipes, made to produce food for man and beast. ... DRAIN THE LAND. ...
/.../champness/broken bread/i spiritual farming no 1 draining.htm

The Seventh Commandment
... She is a common drain; whereas a believer's body is a living temple, and his soul
a little heaven, be spangled with the graces, as so many stars. ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 7 the seventh commandment.htm

Hebrews xii. 6-Apr
... to Paul saying, "Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof," (
Romans 13:14.) As if one should take food and throw it into a drain, so is ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xxix hebrews xii 6-apr.htm

The Bishop at Work
... Why, of course, if I only could, I should diligently gather Him, yes, and drain
Him with my lips, drink Him in with my jaws, and hide just Him in my inward ...
/.../marson/hugh bishop of lincoln/chapter v the bishop at.htm

He Restoreth My Soul.
... Forget your troubles and your cares, your fears of present and future ills; rejoice
and be glad, eat, drink and be merry; indulge and drain to dregs the cups ...
/.../callan/the shepherd of my soul/v he restoreth my soul.htm

Last Years
... In 1931-1932 he suffered from a blocking off of the blood vessels that drain
the leg, a condition which has very serious possibilities. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/herrick/frank h nelson of cincinnati/last years.htm

On the Physical Basis of Life.
... the strong fabric of the tortoise, and those broad disks of glassy jelly which may
be seen pulsating through the waters of a calm sea, but which drain away to ...
/.../huxley/lay sermons addresses and reviews/vii on the physical basis.htm

Private Property and the Common Good
... The sower encounters hard trodden ground, rocky patches, and spots where hardy thorns
or thistles drain the soil and where his work produces only empty ears ...
/.../the social principles of jesus/chapter viii private property and.htm

San Josef
... cliff foot, with an ugly Mangrove swamp, looking just like an alder-bed at home,
between you and the sea; a swamp which it would be worth while to drain by a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter ix san josef.htm

His Servants Shall Serve
... Live your own discovery. Then pass out into the City. Do all to it that
you have done at home. Beautify it, ventilate it, drain it. ...
/.../his servants shall serve.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

2. (v. t.) To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.

3. (v. t.) To filter.

4. (v. i.) To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.

5. (v. i.) To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.

6. (n.) The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country.

7. (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

8. (n.) The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.

Thesaurus

Drain (11 Occurrences)
... surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence,
to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country ...
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Trap (35 Occurrences)
... 8. (n.) A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc.,
arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air ...
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Exhaust (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To wear or drain out completely; as, to exhaust
the water of a well; the moisture of the earth is exhausted by evaporation. ...
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Sink (16 Occurrences)
... 12. (vt) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.
13. (n.) A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. 14. ...
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Draught (8 Occurrences)
... 17. (n.) A team of oxen or horses. 18. (n.) A sink or drain; a privy. 19. (n.) A
mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet. 20. ...
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Drained (38 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Drain. Multi-Version Concordance
Drained (38 Occurrences). Leviticus 1:15 The priest shall ...
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Kishon (6 Occurrences)
... Carmel. It is the drain by which the waters of the plain of Esdraelon and
of the mountains that surround it find their way to the sea. ...
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Lade (4 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To draw water. 5. (vt) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc. 6. (n.)
The mouth of a river. 7. (n.) A passage for water; a ditch or drain. Int. ...
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Gnaw (4 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 23:34 You shall even drink it and drain it out, and you shall gnaw the broken
pieces of it, and shall tear your breasts; for I have spoken it, says the ...
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Grip (32 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A small ditch or furrow. 3. (vt) To trench; to drain. 4. (n.) An energetic
or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping. ...
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Bible Concordance

Drain (11 Occurrences)

Matthew 15:17 do ye not understand that all that is going into the mouth doth pass into the belly, and into the drain is cast forth?
(YLT)

Mark 7:19 because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'
(YLT)

Revelation 16:19 The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
(See RSV)

Leviticus 17:13 "'Whatever man there is of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners among them, who takes in hunting any animal or bird that may be eaten; he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 26:16 I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and you will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 18:32 And with the stones he made an altar to the name of the Lord; and he made a deep drain all round the altar, great enough to take two measures of seed.
(BBE)

1 Kings 18:35 And the water went all round the altar, till the drain was full.
(BBE)

1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the Lord came down, burning up the offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and drinking up the water in the drain.
(BBE)

Psalms 75:8 For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
(ASV DBY JPS NAS RSV)

Isaiah 19:6 and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 23:34 You shall even drink it and drain it out, and you shall gnaw the broken pieces of it, and shall tear your breasts; for I have spoken it, says the Lord Yahweh.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Drain

Related Terms

Trap (35 Occurrences)

Exhaust (2 Occurrences)

Sink (16 Occurrences)

Draught (8 Occurrences)

Drained (38 Occurrences)

Kishon (6 Occurrences)

Lade (4 Occurrences)

Gnaw (4 Occurrences)

Grip (32 Occurrences)