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Greek

2675. katartizo -- to complete, prepare
... 2), perfect (1), prepared (4), restore (1). fit, frame, mend, restore. From
kata and a derivative of artios; to complete thoroughly ...
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Strong's Hebrew

918. badaq -- to mend, repair
... 917, 918. badaq. 919 . to mend, repair. Transliteration: badaq Phonetic
Spelling: (baw-dak') Short Definition: restore. Word Origin ...
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2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen
... ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard,
harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax ...
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7495. rapha -- to heal
... Or raphah {raw-faw'}; a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), ie
(figuratively) to cure -- cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly ...
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Library

Shapeless Matter an Incongruous Origin for God's Beautiful Cosmos ...
... Chapter XL."Shapeless Matter an Incongruous Origin for God's Beautiful Cosmos
Hermogenes Does Not Mend His Argument by Supposing that Only a Portion of ...
/.../tertullian/against hermogenes/chapter xl shapeless matter an incongruous.htm

When Lord Morley Said that the House of Lords must be Either ...
... You mend a thing because you like it; you end a thing because you don't.
To mend is to strengthen. I, for instance, disbelieve in ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 43 when lord morley.htm

Whether Every Lie is a Sin?
... Objection 6: Further, apparently a lie is a sin because thereby we deceive
our neighbor: wherefore Augustine says (Lib. De Mend. ... De Mend. ...
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Pardon and Peace
... are such poor paltry creatures that he can only look on us with dislike and contempt:
and even worse; that, perhaps, he does not care to see us mend; that our ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxix pardon and peace.htm

Out of the Deep of Sin.
... But I cannot mend.". Do not despair, poor soul! I had a thousand times sooner
hear you say that you cannot mend than that you can. ...
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Father and Child
... That this is the beginning of an epistle in which St Paul is going to rebuke them
very severely; and to tell them, that unless they mend, they will surely ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xxi father and child.htm

Synagogues in the City; and Schools.
... perhaps, from this story: "There was a brass cymbal in the Temple; and there being
a crack in it, the wise men brought artificers from Alexandria to mend it, &c ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 36 synagogues in the.htm

Whether Lying is Always Opposed to Truth?
... But lying applies only to words, for Augustine says (Contra Mend. ... Therefore lying
is not opposed to truth. On the contrary, Augustine says (Contra Mend. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether lying is always opposed.htm

The New Heart
... You will notice that in my text God does not promise to us that he will
improve our nature, that he will mend our broken hearts. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the new heart.htm

Whether Heresy is Properly About Matters of Faith?
... and erroneous opinions, and when rebuked that they may think soundly and rightly,
offer a stubborn resistance, and, refusing to mend their pernicious and ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether heresy is properly about.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.

2. (v. t.) To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.

3. (v. t.) To help, to advance, to further; to add to.

4. (v. i.) To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

Thesaurus

Mend (7 Occurrences)
... decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch
up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or ...
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Patch (5 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool. 8. (vt) To mend by sewing on
a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like; as, to patch a coat. ...
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Repair (26 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or
partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a ...
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Clout
... 7. (n.) To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend,
with a clout. ... As verb (Tala') "to bandage," "patch," or mend with a clout. ...
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Quaking (6 Occurrences)
... trembling. (See NIV). Psalms 60:2 You have made the land tremble. You have torn
it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes. (See NIV). Jeremiah ...
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Quake (23 Occurrences)
... Selah. (See NAS NIV). Psalms 60:2 You have made the land tremble. You have torn
it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes. (Root in WEB NAS RSV). ...
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Quakes (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Quakes (6 Occurrences). Psalms 60:2 You have made the
land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes. (WEB). ...
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Labored (35 Occurrences)
... it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and
the workmen who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the ...
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Fractures (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Fractures (1 Occurrence). Psalms 60:2 You have made the
land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes. (WEB NIV). ...
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Figurative (20 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Luke 5:36 He also spoke in figurative language to them. "No one," He
said, "tears a piece from a new garment to mend an old one. ...
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Bible Concordance

Mend (7 Occurrences)

Luke 5:36 He also spoke in figurative language to them. "No one," He said, "tears a piece from a new garment to mend an old one. Otherwise he would not only spoil the new, but the patch from the new would not match the old.
(WEY)

John 4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
(Root in KJV ASV WBS RSV)

2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
(See RSV)

2 Chronicles 24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
(KJV WBS)

2 Chronicles 34:10 They delivered it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and the workmen who labored in the house of Yahweh gave it to mend and repair the house;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

Psalms 60:2 You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.
(WEB NIV)

Ecclesiastes 3:7 A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Mend

Related Terms

Patch (5 Occurrences)

Repair (26 Occurrences)

Clout

Quaking (6 Occurrences)

Quake (23 Occurrences)

Quakes (6 Occurrences)

Labored (35 Occurrences)