To receive/avoid

Usually translated “abstain”, “have” and “being distant”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• to abstain 4
• they have 3
• being distant 3
• is kept 2
• was fully 1
• it is enough 1
• you are receiving 1
• to abstain from 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Matthew 5
• Luke 4
• Mark 2
• Acts 2
• 1 Thessalonians 2
• Philippians 1

9 books in all.

• Philemon 1:15In contextFor perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
• Matthew 6:2Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Matthew 6:5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Matthew 6:16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
• Matthew 14:24But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
• Matthew 15:8This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “abstain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.