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avoiding

Meaning of “avoiding”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of avoid. Sense 1: To depart, withdraw, escape, or shun. Sense 2: To prevent or take care to prevent.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Corinthians 8:20

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “avoiding”

KJV PCE
1 Timothy 6:20
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Timothy 6:20 · retained source text

O Timothie, keepe that which is committed to thy trust, auoyding prophane and vaine bablings, and oppositions of science, fasly so called:

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Shunning, escaping; keeping at a distance; ejecting; evacuating; making void, or vacant.

volume 1, leaf 226, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 15)