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841 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 …
842 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.).
843 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 .
845 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 .
846 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 …
847 Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered, p. 453 (Ellen G. White Estate)
Taming the Tongue
848 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.
849 365 Days in the Gospels and Spirit of Prophecy, p. 104.5 (Ellen G. White Estate)
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.
850 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
851 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.
852 The Three Messages of Revelation 14:6-12, p. 94.1 (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.
853 Sanctification, p. 108.2 (Daniel T. Bourdeau)
… the tame olive tree, the Abrahamic stock, from which many of the literal Jews have been cut off through unbelief; to the remnant or last end of the Christian …
854 Facts for the Times, p. 63.4 (Merritt E. Cornell)
“If Benjamin Franklin tamed the lightning, Prof. Morse taught it the English language .”
855 Miraculous Powers, p. 60.2 (Merritt E. Cornell)
… will tame your spirit by fire,’ says the other, ‘since you despise the wild beasts, unless you repent.’ ‘You threaten me with fire,’ answers Polycarp, ‘which burns for …
856 The Story of the Seer of Patmos, p. 306.2 (Stephen Nelson Haskell)
… , a tame creature, and unable to rise high in the air, has
857 The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, vol. 69 June 21, 1892, page 385 paragraph 9
… become tame and spiritless; no time to hide our light under a bushel; to speak smooth things, to prophesy deceit. No, no; there is no place for sleepy watchmen on …
858 The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, vol. 77 April 10, 1900, page 232 paragraph 2
… the tame olive tree—the Jews—were broken off, in the place of these there are grafted in branches from “a wild olive tree”—the Gentiles.
859 The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, vol. 77 April 10, 1900, page 232 paragraph 3
… the tame olive tree were broken off “because of unbelief;” and the branches of the wild olive tree are grafted in and remain “by faith.” It is also shown that if the …
860 The American Sentinel 8 August 31, 1893, page 267 paragraph 6
… States tamely submit to the wearing of the badge of papal authority and of papal salvation, which, by apostate Protestantism, has been forced upon them? Choose …