KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To put out or extinguish. Sense 2: To satisfy thirst. Sense 3: By figure, to suppress, stop, or deprive of active effect.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 2 Samuel 14:7
Complete exact-word concordance
And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
And the strong shall be as towe, and the maker of it as a sparke, and they shall both burne together, and none shall quench them.
1611 marginal noteOr, and his worke.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
A bruised reed shall he not breake, and the smoking flaxe shall hee not quench: he shall bring forth iudgment vnto trueth.
1611 marginal noteOr, dimly burning.
1611 marginal noteHebr. quench it.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To extinguish or put out; to still, repress, allay, check, or stifle; to satisfy thirst.
