FRET, FRETTING

(charah, ma'ar):

To "fret" is from for (prefix) and etan, "to eat," "to consume." The word is both transitive and intransitive in King James Version:

(1) transitive as translation of charah, "to burn," Hithpael, "to fret one's self," "to be angry" (Psalm 37:1, "Fret not thyself because of evil-doers"; Psalm 37:7, 8 Proverbs 24:19); of qatsaph, "to be angry," etc. (Isaiah 8:21, "They shall fret themselves, and curse," etc.); of raghaz, to be moved" (with anger, etc.) (Ezekiel 16:43, "Thou hast fretted me in all these things," the American Standard Revised Version "raged against me"). For Leviticus 13:55, see under Fretting below.

(2) Intransitive, it is the translation of ra`am, "to rage," Hiphil, "to provoke to anger" (1 Samuel 1:6, "Her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret"); of za`aph, "to be sad," "to fret" (Proverbs 19:3, "His heart fretteth against Yahweh").

Fretting in the sense of eating away, consuming, is used of the leprosy, ma'ar, "to be sharp, bitter, painful" (Leviticus 13:51, 52; Leviticus 14:44, "a fretting leprosy"; in Leviticus 13:55 we have "it (is) fret inward" ("fret" past participle), as the translation of pehetheth from pahath, "to dig" (a pit), the word meaning "a depression," "a hollow or sunken spot in a garment affected by a kind of leprosy," the Revised Version (British and American) "it is a fret."

Revised Version has "fretful" for "angry" (Proverbs 21:19), margin "vexation."

W. L. Walker

3992. maar -- to prick, to pain
... fretting, picking. A primitive root; to be bitter or (causatively) to embitter,
ie Be painful -- fretting, picking. 3991, 3992. maar. 3993 . Strong's Numbers
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Fret not Thyself
... We can not have it, however, if we give place to worrying and fretting. ... Fretting
is like sand in a bearing; it is likely to make all sorts of trouble. ...
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True Prudence
... And why? Because you have to be prudent. In practice, fretting and anxiety help
no man towards prudence. ... But does fretting make us the least more prudent? ...
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All the Day Long
... So foolish and ignorant are we that we lose our walk with God by fretting
because of evil-doers. Thirdly we shall notice before ...
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Useless Doctors
... Whence came this woman's pain? (which she would never have told, had she never been
questioned about it) from fretting for the death of her son. ...
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Growth
... do they spin. They grow, that is, automatically, spontaneously, without
trying, without fretting, without thinking. Applied in any ...
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Providence
... But as for anxiety, fretting, repining, complaining to God, 'Why hast Thou
made me thus?' what use in that? 'Which of you by taking ...
/.../kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon xiii providence.htm

Self-Respect and Self-Righteousness
... give to his scholars."'Regret not that which is past; and trust not in thine own
righteousness.' For you will lose time, and lose heart, in fretting over old ...
/.../kingsley/the good news of god/sermon xi self-respect and self-righteousness.htm

On Zeal
... How often do we see men fretting at the ungodly, or telling you they are out of
patience with such or such things, and terming all this their zeal! ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 92 on zeal.htm

Strong Souls.
... I admit the wearing power of fretting anxiety, of sorrow that saps the springs of
life, of labour pushed to contempt of the physical and moral conditions of ...
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"Jesus Says So. "
... when we were disappointed; I will try not to do so again:" and in the evening her
father overheard her begging God to forgive her pride and fretting about the ...
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(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fret.1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care on him; for he cares for you.
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Romans 8:28
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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1 Peter 3:3-4
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
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Hebrews 13:9-16
Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
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Fretting (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fret. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
FRET, FRETTING. ... For Leviticus 13:55, see under Fretting below. ...
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Fret (9 Occurrences)
... 21. (vt) To furnish with frets, as an instrument of music. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. FRET, FRETTING. ... For Leviticus 13:55, see under Fretting below. ...
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Malignant (5 Occurrences)
... plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin,
whatever service skin is used for; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is ...
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Leprosy (51 Occurrences)
... in Leviticus 13:47;, and when these stains spread, or, after washing, do not change
their color, they are pronounced to be due to a fretting leprosy (tsara`ath ...
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Vessel (118 Occurrences)
... he hath burnt the garment, or the warp, or the woof, in wool or in linen, or any
vessel of skin in which the plague is; for it 'is' a fretting leprosy; with ...
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Nap (1 Occurrence)
... and behold, if the sore have not changed its appearance, and the sore have not spread,
it is unclean: thou shalt burn it with fire: it is a fretting sore on ...
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Woollen (4 Occurrences)
... he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in woollen or in linen,
or anything of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it ...
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Wean
... The weaned child, no longer fretting for the breast and satisfied with its mother's
affection, is used in Psalm 131:2 as a figure for Israel's contentment with ...
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Woolen (6 Occurrences)
... shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woolen or in linen,
or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it ...
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Friction (1 Occurrence)

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Fretting (6 Occurrences)

Leviticus 13:51 And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Leviticus 13:52 He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woolen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Leviticus 13:55 And the priest shall look on the sore after the washing, and behold, if the sore have not changed its appearance, and the sore have not spread, it is unclean: thou shalt burn it with fire: it is a fretting sore on what is threadbare or where the nap is gone.
(DBY YLT)

Leviticus 13:57 and if it still be seen in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any vessel of skin, it 'is' a fretting; with fire thou dost burn it -- that in which the plague 'is'.
(YLT)

Leviticus 14:44 Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 22:15 Dost thou reign, because thou art fretting thyself in cedar? Thy father -- did he not eat and drink? Yea, he did judgment and righteousness, Then 'it is' well with him.
(YLT)

Fretting

Fret (9 Occurrences)

Malignant (5 Occurrences)

Leprosy (51 Occurrences)

Vessel (118 Occurrences)

Nap (1 Occurrence)

Woollen (4 Occurrences)

Wean

Woolen (6 Occurrences)

Friction (1 Occurrence)

Front-part (1 Occurrence)

Fretteth (1 Occurrence)

Threadbare (1 Occurrence)

Back-part (1 Occurrence)

Aspect (10 Occurrences)

Article (17 Occurrences)

Leper (34 Occurrences)

Sees (135 Occurrences)

Appearance (126 Occurrences)

Sore (156 Occurrences)

Wherein (208 Occurrences)

Burnt (392 Occurrences)

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