Curb
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Curb (5 Occurrences)

2 Timothy 2:22 Keep a strong curb, however, on your youthful cravings; and strive for integrity, good faith, love, peace, in company with all who pray to the Lord with pure hearts. (WEY)

James 3:2 For we often stumble and fall, all of us. If there is any one who never stumbles in speech, that man has reached maturity of character and is able to curb his whole nature. (WEY)

1 Peter 5:8 Curb every passion, and be on the alert. Your great accuser, the Devil, is going about like a roaring lion to see whom he can devour. (WEY)

Psalms 32:9 Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee. (YLT RSV)

Psalms 39:1 To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. I have said, 'I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked 'is' before me.' (YLT)

Thesaurus
Curb (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will;
to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check. ...
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Bridle (12 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A restraint; a curb; a check. 3. (n.) The piece in the interior
of a gun lock, which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc. ...
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Bit (46 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain
them. The Hebrew word (metheg) so rendered in Psalm ...
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Check (9 Occurrences)
... 10. (vt) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress;
to curb. 11. ... 17. (vi) To act as a curb or restraint. 18. ...
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Curbed (1 Occurrence)
... & pp) of Curb. ... Psalms 32:9 Be ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding,
With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee. ...
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Cups (28 Occurrences)

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Jacob's (34 Occurrences)
... of 70 feet the surface of the water glimmering with a pale blue light in the darkness,
while you notice how the limestone blocks that form its curb have been ...
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Limit (115 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full
time or extent. 4. (n.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance. ...
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Integrity (46 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 2:22 Keep a strong curb, however, on your youthful cravings; and strive
for integrity, good faith, love, peace, in company with all who pray to the ...
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Restrain (31 Occurrences)
... back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or
by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb. ...
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Greek
5468. chalinagogeo -- to lead with a bridle
... lead with a bridle. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chalinagogeo Phonetic
Spelling: (khal-in-ag-ogue-eh'-o) Short Definition: I bridle, curb Definition: I ...
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5424. phren -- midriff, heart, mind, thought
... Probably from an obsolete phrao (to rein in or curb; compare phrasso); the midrif
(as a partition of the body), ie (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy ...
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5469. chalinos -- a bridle
... bit, bridle. From chalao; a curb or head-stall (as curbing the spirit) -- bit, bridle.
see GREEK chalao. (chalinous) -- 1 Occurrence. (chalinon) -- 1 Occurrence ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To bend or curve

2. (v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check.

3. (v. t.) To furnish with a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.

4. (v. i.) To bend; to crouch; to cringe.

5. (n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse.

6. (n.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome.

7. (n.) A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.

8. (n.) A curbstone.

9. (n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.

Strong's Hebrew
1102. balam -- to curb, hold in
... << 1101b, 1102. balam. 1103 >>. to curb, hold in. Transliteration: balam Phonetic
Spelling: (baw-lam') Short Definition: check. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7448. resen -- a halter, jaw
... bridle. From an unused root meaning to curb; a halter (as restraining); by implication,
the jaw -- bridle. << 7447b, 7448. resen. 7449 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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4964. metheg -- a bridle
... control (1). bit, bridle. From an unused root meaning to curb; a bit -- bit,
bridle. << 4963, 4964. metheg. 4965 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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