Contract
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Contract (3 Occurrences)

Isaiah 16:14 But now Yahweh has spoken, saying, "Within three years, as a worker bound by contract would count them, the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, with all his great multitude; and the remnant will be very small and feeble." (WEB NIV)

Isaiah 21:16 For the Lord said to me, "Within a year, as a worker bound by contract would count it, all the glory of Kedar will fail, (WEB NIV)

Jeremiah 32:10 And I subscribed the contract, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. (WBS)

Thesaurus
Contract (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten,
narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action. ...
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Narrow (21 Occurrences)
... 10. (vt) To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass;
to reduce the width or extent of. 11. (vt) To contract...
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Obligation (17 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract,
oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty. ...
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Instrument (45 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A writing, as the means of giving formal expression to some act; a writing
expressive of some act, contract, process, as a deed, contract, writ, etc. ...
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Rust (7 Occurrences)
... 7. (vi) To contract rust; to be or become oxidized. ... 10. (vt) To cause to contract
rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind. 11. ...
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Breach (55 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation; violation;
non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise. ...
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Bargain (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract
by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to some property for ...
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Condition (38 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend,
to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case ...
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Article (17 Occurrences)
... Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term,
condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles ...
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Shrink (10 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less
extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted. ...
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Greek
4958. sustello -- to draw together, hence wrap up
... up. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sustello Phonetic Spelling: (soos-tel'-
lo) Short Definition: I shorten, swathe Definition: I contract, shorten, wrap ...
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3014. lepra -- leprosy
... To contract this ailment meant the leper was reduced to a social outcast --
barred from all the activities at the Temple. See 3015 (). ...
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1242. diatheke -- testament, will, covenant
... covenant, testament. From diatithemai; properly, a disposition, ie (specially)
a contract (especially a devisory will) -- covenant, testament. ...
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4112. plastos -- formed, molded
... [In the papyri, means, " " (P Oxy II. 237.viii.14, ad 186) -- "not having
immediately declared that the contract is " (, 515).]. ...
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4932. suntemno -- to cut in pieces
... cut short. From sun and the base of tomoteros; to contract by cutting, ie
(figuratively) do concisely (speedily) -- (cut) short. see GREEK sun. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

2. (n.) To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.

3. (n.) To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.

4. (n.) To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.

5. (n.) To betroth; to affiance.

6. (n.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

7. (v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet.

8. (v. i.) To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain; as, to contract for carrying the mail.

9. (a.) Contracted; as, a contract verb.

10. (a.) Contracted; affianced; betrothed.

11. (n.) The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights.

12. (n.) A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation.

13. (n.) The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.

Strong's Hebrew
6821. tsaphad -- to draw together, contract
... tsaphad. 6822 >>. to draw together, contract. Transliteration: tsaphad Phonetic
Spelling: (tsaw-fad') Short Definition: shriveled. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7939. sakar -- hire, wages
... From sakar; payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication,
compensation, benefit -- hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth. ...
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6915. qadad -- to bow down
... bow down the head, stoop. A primitive root; to shrivel up, ie Contract or bend the
body (or neck) in deference -- bow (down) (the) head, stoop. << 6914, 6915. ...
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7091. qippoz -- perhaps arrow snake
... great owl. From an unused root meaning to contract, ie Spring forward; an
arrow-snake (as darting on its prey) -- great owl. << 7090, 7091. qippoz. 7092 >>. ...
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331. atam -- to shut, shut up
... narrow, shut, stop. A primitive root; to close (the lips or ears); by analology
to contract (a window by bevelled jambs) -- narrow, shut, stop. << 330b, 331. ...
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3648. kamar -- to grow warm and tender, to be or grow hot
... A primitive root; properly, to intertwine or contract, ie (by implication) to shrivel
(as with heat); figuratively, to be deeply affected with passion (love or ...
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680. atsal -- to lay aside, reserve, withdraw, withhold
... A primitive root; properly, to join; used only as a denominative from 'etsel; to
separate; hence, to select, refuse, contract -- keep, reserve, straiten, take. ...
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7088. qaphad -- gather together, roll up
... root Definition gather together, roll up NASB Word Usage rolled (1). cut off. A
primitive root; to contract, ie Roll together -- cut off. << 7087b, 7088. ...
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2859. chathan -- make oneself a daughter's husband
... A primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract
affinity by marriage -- join in affinity, father in law, make marriages ...
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Subtopics

Contract

Contracts

Contracts by Consummating in the Presence of the Public at the Gate of the City

Contracts by Erecting a Heap of Stones

Contracts by Joining Hands

Contracts by Oaths

Contracts by Taking off the Shoe

Contracts for Cattle

Contracts with Salt

Contracts: Between Abraham and Abimelech, Concerning Wells of Water

Contracts: Between Solomon and Hiram

Contracts: Dissolved by Blotting Out

Contracts: Dissolved by Mutual Consent

Contracts: First Contract Between Laban and Jacob for Laban's Daughter

Contracts: Modes of Ratifying by Giving Presents

Contracts: Scriptures Illustrative of the Binding Force of

Contracts: Second Contract

Contracts: Violated

Contracts: Written Instrument

Related Terms

Narrow (21 Occurrences)

Obligation (17 Occurrences)

Instrument (45 Occurrences)

Rust (7 Occurrences)

Breach (55 Occurrences)

Bargain (7 Occurrences)

Condition (38 Occurrences)

Article (17 Occurrences)

Shrink (10 Occurrences)

Divorce (18 Occurrences)

Epicureans (1 Occurrence)

Judicial (2 Occurrences)

Babel (3 Occurrences)

Worker (36 Occurrences)

Babylon (270 Occurrences)

Babylonia (17 Occurrences)

Marriage (74 Occurrences)

Kedar (11 Occurrences)

Knit (11 Occurrences)

Nebuchadrezzar (31 Occurrences)

Undertake (16 Occurrences)

Usurious (1 Occurrence)

Jachin (8 Occurrences)

Jael (6 Occurrences)

Lessen (4 Occurrences)

Loss (90 Occurrences)

Lease (2 Occurrences)

Let (16815 Occurrences)

Great (10383 Occurrences)

Gather (251 Occurrences)

Wrinkle (1 Occurrence)

Wager (2 Occurrences)

Wages (52 Occurrences)

Irritate (2 Occurrences)

Invalid (3 Occurrences)

Interest (35 Occurrences)

Incur (7 Occurrences)

Force (250 Occurrences)

Forfeit (12 Occurrences)

Frown (1 Occurrence)

Fidelity (13 Occurrences)

Term (4 Occurrences)

Terminate (1 Occurrence)

Treaty (25 Occurrences)

Tuck (3 Occurrences)

Trust (201 Occurrences)

Tender (66 Occurrences)

Evil-merodach (2 Occurrences)

Evilmerodach (2 Occurrences)

Eriaku

Engage (20 Occurrences)

Eri-aku

Espousal

Explanation (9 Occurrences)

Expand (3 Occurrences)

Deed (71 Occurrences)

Dowry (5 Occurrences)

Disannul (3 Occurrences)

Minute (19 Occurrences)

Mortgage

Merab (4 Occurrences)

Mistake (5 Occurrences)

Privy (3 Occurrences)

Proposal (6 Occurrences)

Pledge (55 Occurrences)

Peacock

Paddanaram

Provide (74 Occurrences)

Partnership (4 Occurrences)

Provision (50 Occurrences)

Policy (3 Occurrences)

Purse (7 Occurrences)

Paddan-aram (10 Occurrences)

Party (47 Occurrences)

Broken (559 Occurrences)

Balance (12 Occurrences)

Bid (35 Occurrences)

Bail (1 Occurrence)

Betrothal (1 Occurrence)

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