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Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Strain at
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Strain
King James Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• With Glad and Joyous Strains Now Let Each Street R
Smith Bible Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• John Strain
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• ܣܰܢ
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• βασανίζω
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• חָלָה , חָלָה

strān ( διυλίζω , diulı́zō , "to strain off," "to filter"): Matthew 23:24 , "Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel" The imagery is that of a drinking-vessel full of liquid, from which tiny impurities are carefully removed while immense masses of other impure matter (Leviticus 11:4 ) are overlooked (compare Matthew 7:3 f). The first edition of the King James Version read the same as the Revised Version (British and American), but in the later editions a misprint converted "strain out" into "strain at," an error that has never been corrected.