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forbeareth

Meaning of “forbeareth”

Third-person singular present form of forbear. Sense 1: To refrain, cease, or leave something undone. Sense 2: To restrain oneself, endure, or wait without acting.

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First occurrence: Numbers 9:13

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Every verse containing “forbeareth”

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Numbers 9:13
But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 9:13 · retained source text

But the man that is cleane, and is not in a iourney, and forbeareth to keep the Passeouer, euen the same soule shall be cut off from his people, because hee brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season: that man shall beare his sinne.

Ezekiel 3:27
But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 3:27 · retained source text

But when I speake with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say vnto them; Thus saith the LORD God, He that heareth, let him heare, and he that forbeareth, let him forbeare: for they are a rebellious house.

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