Topic
Prevent
10 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Samuel 22:6ISBE
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
- 2 Samuel 22:19ISBE
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
- Job 3:12ISBE
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
- Psalms 18:5ISBE
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
- Psalms 18:18ISBE
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
- Isaiah 21:14ISBE
The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
- Amos 9:10ISBE
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
- Wisdom of Solomon 6:13ISBE
She preventeth them that desire her, in making herself first known unto them.
- Matthew 17:25ISBE
He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15ISBE
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 19 references
pre-vent' (qadham; prophthano, phthano): "Prevent" occurs in the King James Version in the literal but obsolete sense of "to come or go before," "to anticipate," not in the sense of "to hinder." It is the translation of qadham, "to be sharp," "to be in front," "to be beforehand" (2Sa 22:6,19, the Revised Version (British and American) "came upon" Job 3:12, the Revised Version (British and American) "receive"; 30:27, "are come upon"; 41:11, "first given"; Ps 18:5,18, "came upon"; 21:3, the American Standard Revised Version "meetest"; 59:10, the American Standard Revised Version "meet"; 79:8, the American Standard Revised Version "meet"; 88:13, "come before"; 119:147,148, the American Standard Revised Version "anticipated"; Isa 21:14, "did meet"; Am 9:10, the American Standard Revised Version "meet"). In the New Testament prophthano, with same meaning, is translated "prevent" (Mt 17:25, "Jesus prevented him," the Revised Version (British and American) "spake first to him"); phthano (1Th 4:15, "shall not prevent," the Revised Version (British and American) "shall in no wise precede"). "Prevent" in the above sense occurs in The Wisdom of Solomon 6:13, the Revised Version (British and American) "forestalleth" (phthano); 16:28, "we must prevent the sun to give thee thanks," the Revised Version (British and American) "rise before."
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.