2820. chasak -- to withhold, refrain
... Usage hold them back (1), hold back (2), keep back (1), keeps back (1), kept (1),
kept their in check (1), kept back (1), lessen (1), lessened (1), refrain (1 ...
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The Same Argument, Namely, that Blessedness is not Lessened or ...
... Book II. Chapter IV. The same argument, namely, that blessedness is not
lessened or added to by external matters� The same argument ...
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Of God, and that the one God, and by Whose Providence the World is ...
... But that which is lessened is plainly mortal; but if He is not mortal,
He can neither be lessened nor divided. Therefore there is ...
/.../a treatise on the anger of god addressed to donatus/chap xi of god and that.htm

Psalm LXVII.
... He is not increased by our blessing, nor is He lessened by our cursing. He
that curseth the Lord, is himself lessened: he that blesseth ...
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Of the Soul and the Body, and of their Union and Separation and ...
... He says, since the understanding increases in boys, and is vigorous in young men,
and is lessened in the aged, it is evident that it is mortal. ...
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Epistle xv. To John, Bishop.
... Lest, however, thou shouldest suppose that I wish thy church to be depressed or
lessened in dignity, remember where the deacon of Ravenna used to stand in ...
/.../gregory/the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xv to john bishop.htm

Whether Our Atmosphere is the Demons' Place of Punishment?
... Consequently, it must be said that, although a heavenly place belongs to the glory
of the angels, yet their glory is not lessened by their coming to us, for ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether our atmosphere is the.htm

Whether a Habit is Corrupted or Diminished through Mere Cessation ...
... 2], ad 3;[1483] Q[50], A[1]). But passion-like qualities are neither corrupted nor
diminished by cessation from act: for whiteness is not lessened through not ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether a habit is corrupted.htm

Whether the Demons' Intellect is Darkened by Privation of the ...
... the gift of wisdom. Of these three kinds of knowledge the first was neither
taken away nor lessened in the demons. For it follows ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the demons intellect is.htm

Whether There Should have Been Man Ceremonial Precepts?
... Further, the ceremonial precepts referred to the outward and bodily worship of God,
as stated above [2106](A[2]). But the Law should have lessened this bodily ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there should have been.htm

Eldad and Medad
... the seventy elders." Some conclude from this statement that, as a punishment for
his intemperate prayer, the wisdom of Moses was thus lessened, while others ...
/.../milligan/men of the bible some lesser-known/eldad and medad.htm

(imp. & p. p.) of Lessen.Lessened (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Lessened (2 Occurrences). Exodus 5:11 Go yourselves and
get dry stems wherever you are able; for your work is not to be any less. ...
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Lessen (4 Occurrences)
... to shrink; to contract; to decrease; to be diminished; as, the apparent magnitude
of objects lessens as we recede from them; his care, or his wealth, lessened. ...
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Lesser (7 Occurrences)

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Sleep (136 Occurrences)
... functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational
soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of ...
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Pharisees (86 Occurrences)
... The evidence of Josephus, a contemporary and himself a Pharisee, is lessened in
value by the fact that he modified his accounts of his people to suit the taste ...
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Brook (75 Occurrences)
... words. And even if the elimination of all mistakes be attributed to one person,
a final editor, the difficulty is scarcely lessened. ...
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Dress (38 Occurrences)
... 1. Meaning of Terms: There was originally a sharp distinction between classical
and oriental costume, but this was palpably lessened under the cosmopolitanism ...
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Egypt (596 Occurrences)
... words. And even if the elimination of all mistakes be attributed to one person,
a final editor, the difficulty is scarcely lessened. ...
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Star (16 Occurrences)
... This difficulty, which would be even greater in the case of a star, would be lessened
by looking down the well, as the shaft would narrow the field of view ...
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Predestination
... The past few decades have witnessed a lessened interest in this doctrine, largely
because of the increasingly ethical conceptions of Deity. 11. ...
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Lessened (2 Occurrences)

Exodus 5:11 Go yourselves and get dry stems wherever you are able; for your work is not to be any less.
(See RSV)

Job 16:6 If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?
(See NAS)

Lessened

Lessen (4 Occurrences)

Lesser (7 Occurrences)

Sleep (136 Occurrences)

Pharisees (86 Occurrences)

Brook (75 Occurrences)

Dress (38 Occurrences)

Egypt (596 Occurrences)

Star (16 Occurrences)

Predestination

Magi (4 Occurrences)

Philippians (2 Occurrences)

Discomfiture (6 Occurrences)

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