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Concordances
Thompson Chain Reference
• Prevention and Cure of Diseases
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Prevent
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Prevent
King James Dictionary
• Prevented
• Prevent
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Prevent
People's Bible Dictionary
• Prevent
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Prevent
Webster Dictionary
• Preventively
• Preventive
• Preventional
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Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Prevent
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Prevent
• Prevention
Lexicons
• διακωλύω
• ἐγκόπτω
• κρατέω
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• בִּלְתִּי
• יָתַן יָתַן, , נָתַן
• עָצַר
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(1):

(a.) Going before; preceding.

(2):

(a.) Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.

(3):

(n.) That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.