Constrain
Bible Usage:
- constrain used once.
- constrained used 6 times.
- constraineth used twice.
- Bible Reference: Galatians 6:12
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G315 Used 1 time
CONSTRAIN, verb transitive [Latin , to strain, to bind. See Strain.] In a general sense, to strain; to press; to urge; to drive; to exert force, physical or moral, either in urging to action or in restraining it. Hence,
1. To compel or force; to urge with irresistible power, or with a power sufficient to produce the effect.
The spirit within me constraineth me. Job 32:18.
I was constrained to appeal to Caesar. Acts 28:19.
For the love of Christ constraineth us. 2 Corinthians 5:14.
2. To confine by fore; to restrain from escape or action; to repress.
My sire in caves constrains the winds.
3. To hold by force; to press; to confine.
How the strait stays the slender waist constrain
4. To constringe; to bind.
When winter frosts constrain the field with cold.
5. To tie fast; to bind; to chain; to confine.
He binds in chains the drowsy prophet, and his limbs constrains.
6. To necessitate.
Did fate or we the adulterous act constrain?
7. To force; to ravish. [Not used.]
8. To produce in opposition to nature; as a constrained voice; constrained notes.
CONSTRAINABLE, adjective That may be constrained, forced, or repressed; liable to constraint, or to restraint.
CONSTRAINED, participle passive Urged irresistibly or powerfully; compelled; forced; restrained; confined; bound; imprisoned; necessitated.
CONSTRAINEDLY, adverb By constraint; by compulsion.
CONSTRAINER, noun One who constrains.
CONSTRAINING, participle present tense Urging with irresistible or powerful force; compelling; forcing; repressing; confining; holding by force; pressing; binding.
CONSTRAINT, noun Irresistible force, or its effect; any force, or power, physical or moral, which compels to act or to forbear action, or which urges so strongly as to produce its effect upon the body or mind; compulsion; restraint; confinement.
Not by constraint but by my choice, I came.
Feed the flock of God, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint but willingly. 1 Peter 5:2.
CONSTRAINTIVE, adjective Having power to compel.
Bible Usage:
- constrain used once.
- constrained used 6 times.
- constraineth used twice.
- Bible Reference: Galatians 6:12
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G315 Used 1 time