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841 Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. παραπλησίως.2
… to tame the pride of Alexander the Great, Arrian, exp. Alex. 7, 1, 9 (6)).
842 Thayer’s Greek Lexicon, p. πρόβατον.2
… -footed, tame animal accustomed to graze, small cattle (opposed to large cattle, horses, etc.), most common a sheep or a goat; but especially a sheep, and so always …
843 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Cattle.3
… a tame domesticated animal: “That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out.…”
844 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Think, Devise.6
… could tame the Leviathan, who “… esteemeth him as straw, and brass as rotten wood” ( Job 41:27 ). A classic usage of “esteem” appears in Isaiah 53:3 - 4 : “He [the Messiah] is despised …
845 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Unclean, to Be.3
… unclean.” Ṭâmê’ is the opposite of taher, “to be pure.”
846 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Unclean, to Be.5
… from ṭâmê’. Ṭûm’âh occurs 37 times in biblical Hebrew. The word occurs in Numbers 5:19 : “And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man …
847 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of OT Words, p. Unclean, to Be.8
… of ṭâmê’ in the Old Testament resembles that of tahor, “pure.” First, uncleanness is a state of being. The leper was compelled to announce his uncleanness wherever …
848 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Fierce, Fierceness.3
signifies "not tame, savage" (from a, negative, and hemeros, "gentle"), 2 Timothy 3:3. Epictetus describes those who forget God as their Creator, as resembling lions, "wild, savage and fierce" (anemeroi) (Moulton and Milligan, Greek Test. Vocab.).
849 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Heifer.3
etymologically "one of fit age to be tamed to the yoke" (damao, "to tame"), occurs in Hebrews 9:13, with reference to the "red heifer" of Numbers 19 .
851 Vine’s Expository Dictionary of NT Words, p. Tame.3
"to subdue, tame," is used (a) naturally in Mark 5:4; James 3:7 (twice); (b) metaphorically, of the tongue, in James 3:8. In the Sept., Daniel 2:40 .
852 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 381.13 (Ellen G. White Estate)
… . They tame the wildness of nature. They temper human ambitions. They burn out the dross of selfishness and worldliness. They humble pride. They quell fierce …
853 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 453 (Ellen G. White Estate)
Taming the Tongue
854 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 453.11 (Ellen G. White Estate)
“For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” James 3:7, 8.
855 365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy, p. 103.5 (Ellen G. White Estate)
4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him.
856 NKJV Bible in 365 Days, p. 259.4 (Ellen G. White Estate)
4 because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him.
857 NKJV Bible in 365 Days, p. 348.60 (Ellen G. White Estate)
7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind.
858 NKJV Bible in 365 Days, p. 348.61 (Ellen G. White Estate)
8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
859 Dictionaries Scripture Index, James 3:8
NWAD TAME.11; NWAD UNRULY.3; ETI Poison.4; GCon (183).2; GCon (444).9; GCon (1100).4; GCon (1150).3; GCon (1161).9; GCon (1410).20; GCon (2287).2; GCon (2447).3; GCon (2559).5; GCon (3324).2; GCon (3588).28; GCon (3762).2
860 The Three Angels of Revelation 14:6-12, p. 98.1 (John Nevins Andrews)
… Franklin tamed the lightning Prof. Morse taught it the English language.” And all this bids fair to be eclipsed by other and more astonishing wonders.