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tame

Meaning of “tame”

To subdue or bring under control.

Definition sources

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

First occurrence: Mark 5:4

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Every verse containing “tame”

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Mark 5:4
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 5:4 · retained source text

Because that hee had bene often bound with fetters and chaines, and the chaines had bene plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.

James 3:8
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 3:8 · retained source text

But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euill, ful of deadly poyson.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To subdue; to restrain; to make gentle or tractable.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 736