Abstinence
Bible Usage:
- abstain used 6 times.
- abstinence used once.
- Bible Reference: Acts 27:21
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: No
Strongs Concordance:
- G776 Used 1 time
AB'STINENCE, noun [Latin abstinentia. See Abstain.]
1. In general, the act or practice of voluntarily refraining from, or forbearing any action. 'Abstinence from every thing which can be deemed labor.
More appropriately,
2. The refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal propensities. It denotes a total forbearance, as in fasting, or a forbearance of the usual quantity. In the latter sense, it may coincide with temperance, but in general, it denotes a more sparing use of enjoyments than temperance. Besides, abstinence implies previous free indulgence; temperance does not.
From intoxicating beverages.
General references
Leviticus 10:8-10; Numbers 6:3-4; Judges 13:4; Judges 13:13-14; Esther 1:8; Proverbs 23:20; Proverbs 23:31-32; Proverbs 31:4; Jeremiah 35:6-8; Jeremiah 35:14; Luke 1:15
Temperance
Instances of:
Israelites in the wilderness
Deuteronomy 29:6
Samson
Judges 16:17; Judges 13:3-5; Judges 13:13-14; Numbers 6:3-4
Daniel
Daniel 1:8; Daniel 1:12
Rechabites
Jeremiah 35:6-14
John the Baptist
Matthew 11:18; Luke 1:15; Luke 7:33