Bible Encyclopedia: Meddle

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Greek

4020. periergazomai -- to waste one's labor about (a thing)
... be a busybody. From peri and ergazomai; to work all around, ie Bustle about
(meddle) -- be a busybody. see GREEK peri. see GREEK ergazomai. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1624. garah -- to stir up (strife), engage in strife
... contend, meddle, stir up, strive. A primitive root; properly, to grate, ie
(figuratively) to anger -- contend, meddle, stir up, strive. 1623, 1624. ...
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6148. arab -- to take on pledge, give in pledge, exchange
... to braid, ie Intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to
be security (as a kind of exchange) -- engage, (inter-)meddle (with), mingle ...
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1566. gala -- to expose, lay bare
... quarrels (1). intermeddle with. A primitive root; to be obstinate --
(inter-)meddle (with). 1565, 1566. gala. 1567 . Strong's Numbers.
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5674. abar -- to pass over, through, or by, pass on
... away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth,
his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make ...
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Library

That a Very Contemplative List not Meddle Him with Active Life ...
... HERE BEGINNETH THE SEVENTEENTH CHAPTER That a Very contemplative list not meddle
him with active life, nor of anything that is done or spoken about him, nor ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the seventeenth chapter.htm

Here Followeth a Discourse Between My Wife and the Judges, with ...
... to that day twelvemonth, to sue them out; therefore, though they would not let me
out of prison, as they let out thousands, yet they could not meddle with me ...
/.../grace abounding to the chief of sinners/here followeth a discourse between.htm

The Second Part.
... But now, as then, there are certaine false fires, abhominable to God, odious to
men, dangerous to the Nadabs and Abihues that meddle with them, bringing ...
/.../ward/a coal from the altar to kindle the holy fire of zeale/the second part.htm

All the Apostles Urge the Observance of the Order of the Church.
... the high priests to do, those might not be meddled with by the priests; and what
things were allotted to the priests, the Levites might not meddle with; but ...
/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec v all the apostles urge.htm

Concerning the Power of the Civil Magistrate in Matters Purely ...
... Now for the magistrate to assume this, is to take upon him to meddle with things
not within the compass of his jurisdiction; for if this were within the ...
/.../proposition xiv concerning the power.htm

The Silence of Faith.
... We know not what matters they were which were too high for him to meddle with; matters
about which he had to refrain his soul; to quiet his feelings; to ...
/.../kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon xxv the silence of.htm

I Knew How it Would Be.
... I never meddle with things that don't concern me.". "You know Dalton, then?". "I
think I do.". ... "I don't meddle myself with other people's affairs. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/arthur/words for the wise/i knew how it would.htm

Human Government.
... It is true, that Christians have something else to do than to go with a party to
do evil, or to meddle with politics in a selfish or ungodly manner. ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xx human government.htm

How Herod Upon his Making Aristobulus High Priest Took Care that ...
... he fear that she would go on therein, if she found a fit opportunity for so doing;
so he gave a command that she should dwell in the palace, and meddle with no ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 how herod upon.htm

Letter xiii. --To the Church at Nicomedia .
... For it is not lawful that the simple should meddle with that with which
they have no concern, but which properly belongs to others. ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/letter xiii to the church at.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To mix; to mingle.

2. (v. i.) To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- / a good sense.

3. (v. i.) To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or disturb another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in.

4. (v. t.) To mix; to mingle.

Thesaurus

Meddle (6 Occurrences)
... or in. 4. (vt) To mix; to mingle. Multi-Version Concordance Meddle (6
Occurrences). Deuteronomy 2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will ...
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Intermeddle (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle
officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with. ...
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Tamper (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (vi) To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.
4. (vi) To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing. ...
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Arrogant (60 Occurrences)
... Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm,
that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?" (See NIV). ...
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Proud (96 Occurrences)
... Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm,
that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?" (See NAS). ...
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Shouldst (61 Occurrences)
... (WBS). 2 Kings 14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee
up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt ...
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Shouldest (79 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up:
glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt ...
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Provoke (64 Occurrences)
... Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm,
that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?" (See NAS RSV). ...
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Defeated (88 Occurrences)
... Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm,
that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?" (See NAS NIV). ...
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Lifts (26 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 25:19 You say, Behold, you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you
up to boast: abide now at home; why should you meddle to your hurt, that you ...
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Bible Concordance

Meddle (6 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 2:5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
(KJV WBS)

Deuteronomy 2:19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
(KJV WBS)

2 Kings 14:10 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Enjoy the glory of it, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your harm, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

2 Chronicles 25:19 You say, Behold, you have struck Edom; and your heart lifts you up to boast: abide now at home; why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Proverbs 20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS)

Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
(KJV JPS DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Meddle

Related Terms

Intermeddle (1 Occurrence)

Tamper (1 Occurrence)

Arrogant (60 Occurrences)

Proud (96 Occurrences)

Shouldst (61 Occurrences)

Shouldest (79 Occurrences)

Provoke (64 Occurrences)