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Thursday, December 4th, 2025
the First Week of Advent
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Bible Dictionaries

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

Search Results: "abstinence

Title Matches: 25
Abstain, Abstinence
Acts 15:20,29 ; 1 thess. 4:3; 5:22; 1 Timothy 4:3 ; 1 Peter 2:11 ; so in the Sept. in Job 1:1 ; 2:3 . See ENOUGH , RECEIVE. Note: The noun "abstinence" in Acts 27:21 , AV, translates asitia, "without food," RV (a, negative, sitos, "food"). Cp. asitos, "fasting," Acts 27:33 .
Approximate Match: 1
 
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