Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Forbearance
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FORBEARANCE, n.
1. The act of avoiding, shunning or omitting either the cessation or intermission of an act commenced, or a withholding from beginning an act. Liberty is the power of doing or forbearing an action, according as the doing or forbearance has a preference in the mind. The forbearance of sin is followed with satisfaction of mind.
2. Command of temper restraint of passions.
3. The exercise of patience long suffering indulgence towards those who injure us lenity delay of resentment or punishment.
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long suffering? Romans 2 .
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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.
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Entry for 'Forbearance'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/f/forbearance.html.
Entry for 'Forbearance'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/f/forbearance.html.
