KJV dictionary & concordance

restrainest

Meaning of “restrainest”

Second-person singular present form of restrain, meaning to hold back, check, limit, repress, prevent, or keep under control.

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KJV context and cross-references

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First occurrence: Job 15:4

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Job 15:4 · retained source text

Yea thou castest off feare, and restrainest prayer before God.

1611 marginal noteHeb. thou makest void.

1611 marginal noteOr, speech.

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