Narrow
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Numbers 22:26
- Last Reference: Matthew 7:14
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: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
NARROW, adjective I suspect this word and near to be contracted by the loss of g, nig, narrow strait; nigiaw, to narrow; for the D. has naauw, narrow close, G. with a prefix. In this case, the word belongs to the root of nigh; to approach.
1. Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow sea; a narrow hem or border. It is only or chiefly applied to the surface of flat or level bodies.
2. Of little extent; very limited; as a narrow space or compass.
3. Covetous; not liberal or bountiful; as a narrow heart.
4. Contracted; of confined views or sentiments; very limited.
The greatest understanding is narrow
In this sense and the former, it is often prefixed to mind or soul, _ c. ; as narrow-minded; narrow-souled; narrow-hearted.
5. Near; within a small distance.
6. Close; near; accurate; scrutinizing; as a narrow search; narrow inspection.
7. Near; barely sufficient to avoid evil; as a narrow escape.
NARROW, noun A strait; a narrow passage through a mountain, or a narrow channel of water between one sea or lake and another; a sound. It is usually in the plural, but sometimes in the singular.
NARROWED, participle passive Contracted; made less wide.
NARROWING, ppr. Contracting; making less broad.
NARROWINGS, noun The part of a stocking which is narrowed.
NARROWLY, adverb
1. With little breadth.
2. Contractedly; without much extent.
3. Closely; accurately; with minute scrutiny; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly
4. Nearly; within a little; by a small distance; as, he narrowly escaped.
5. Sparingly.
NARROWNESS, noun
1. Smallness of breadth or distance from side to side; as the narrowness of cloth, of a street or highway, of a stream or sea.
2. Smallness of extent; contractedness; as the narrowness of capacity or comprehension; narrowness of knowledge or attainments.
3. Smallness of estate or means of living; poverty; as the narrowness of fortune or of circumstances.
4. Contractedness; penuriousness; covetousness; as narrowness of heart.
5. Illiberality; want of generous, enlarged or charitable views or sentiments; as narrowness of mind or views.
NARROWS, noun A strait; a narrow passage through a mountain, or a narrow channel of water between one sea or lake and another; a sound. It is usually in the plural, but sometimes in the singular.
NARROW, verb transitive
1.To lessen the breadth of; to contract.
A government, by alienating the affections of the people, may be said to narrow its bottom.
2. To contract in extent; as, to narrow ones influence; to narrow the faculties or capacity.
3. To draw into a smaller compass; to contract; to limit; to confine; as, to narrow our views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.
4. In knitting, to contract the size of a stocking by taking two stitches into one.
NARROW, verb intransitive
1. To become less broad; to contract in breadth. At that place, the sea narrows into a strait.
2. In horsemanship, a horse is said to narrow, when he does not take ground enough, or bear out enough to the one hand or the other.
3. To contract the size of a stocking by taking two stitches into one.
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Numbers 22:26
- Last Reference: Matthew 7:14
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: Yes
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