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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Crush
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CRUSH,
1. To press and bruise between two hard bodies to squeeze, so as to force a thing out of its natural shape to bruise by pressure.
The ass--crushed Balaams foot against the wall. Numbers 22 .
To crush grapes or apples, is to squeeze them till bruised and broken, so that the juice escapes. Hence, to crush out, is to force out by pressure.
2. To press with violence to force together into a mass.
3. To overwhelm by pressure to beat or force down, by an incumbent weight, with breaking or bruising as, the man was crushed by the fall of a tree.
To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
Who are crushed before the moth. Job 4 .
4. To overwhelm by power to subdue to conquer beyond resistance as, to crush ones enemies to crush a rebellion.
5. To oppress grievously.
Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed always. Deuteronomy 28 .
6. To bruise and break into fine particles by beating or grinding to comminute.
CRUSH, To be pressed into a smaller compass by external weight or force.
CRUSH, n. A violent collision, or rushing together, which breaks or bruises the bodies or a fall that breaks or bruises into a confused mass as the crush of a large tree, or of a building.
The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Crush'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​c/crush.html.
Entry for 'Crush'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​c/crush.html.