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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Quench

The Bible

Bible Usage:

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:

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Quench

QUENCH, verb transitive

1. To extinguish; to put out; as, to quench flame.

2. To still; to quiet; to repress; as, to quench a passion or emotion.

3. To allay or extinguish; as, to quench thirst.

4. To destroy.

5. To check; to stifle; as, to quench the Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 5:19.

QUENCH, verb intransitive To cool; to become cool.

Dost thou think, in time she will not quench? [Not in use.]


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Quenchable

QUENCH'ABLE, adjective That may be quenched or extinguished.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Quenched

QUENCH'ED, participle passive Extinguished; allayed; repressed.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Quencher

QUENCH'ER, noun He or that which extinguishes.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Quenching

QUENCH'ING, participle present tense Extinguishing; quieting; stifling; repressing.


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Quenchless

QUENCH'LESS, adjective That cannot be quenched or repressed; inextinguishable; as quenchless fire or fury.