Bible Dictionaries
Refrain
King James Dictionary
REFRA'IN, L. refaeno re and fraeno, to curb fraenum, a rein. See Rein.
To hold back to restrain to keep from action.
My son - refrain thy foot from their path. Proverbs 1 .
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by. Genesis 45 .
REFRA'IN, To forbear to abstain to keep one's self from action or interference.
Refrain from these men and let them alone. Acts 5 .
REFRA'IN, n. The burden of a song a kind of musical repetition.
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Entry for 'Refrain'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/r/refrain.html.