Bible Dictionary: Retired

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Retire.

2. (a.) Private; secluded; quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits.

3. (a.) Withdrawn from active duty or business; as, a retired officer; a retired physician.

Library

To Music Bent is My Retired Mind,
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First XXIV To music bent is my retired
mind,. And fain would I some song of pleasure sing; But ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/xxiv to music bent is.htm

Ep. Clxxxii. Gregory after his Resignation of the Patriarchal See ...
... Division III. Miscellaneous Letters. Ep. CLXXXII. Gregory after his resignation
of the Patriarchal See of Constantinople had retired to Nazianzus� ...
/.../select letters of saint gregory nazianzen/ep clxxxii gregory after his.htm

How Demetrius Eucerus Overcame Alexander and yet in a Little Time ...
... How Demetrius Eucerus Overcame Alexander And Yet In A Little Time Retired Out Of
The Country For Fear; As Also How Alexander Slew Many Of The Jews And Thereby ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 14 how demetrius eucerus.htm

How one of the Towers Erected by the Romans Fell Down of Its Own ...
... So they retired out of the reach of the darts, and did no longer endeavor to hinder
the impression of their rams, which, by continually beating upon the wall ...
/.../chapter 7 how one of.htm

Concerning the Sons of Isaac, Esau and Jacob; of their Nativity ...
... But Isaac, when he saw how envy had changed the temper of Abimelech retired to a
place called the Valley, not far from Gerar: and as he was digging a well, the ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 18 concerning the sons.htm

The Sanhedrim in Session.
... The Savior once more retired from Jerusalem to avoid the blow that was ready to
be struck and retired for a short time into a city called Ephraim. ...
/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/the sanhedrim in session.htm

The Siege and Taking of Gamala.
... and for a while indeed they drove away those that were bringing the machines; but
when those machines threw darts and stones at them, they retired into the city ...
/.../chapter 1 the siege and.htm

Of Certain Sorts of Mortification which are More General. ...
... And on the contrary, some souls, even in the most retired external solitude, do
wholly plunge their minds and affections in thoughts and solicitudes about ...
/.../chapter vi of certain sorts.htm

When Hyrcanus who was Alexander's Heir, Receded from his Claim to ...
... kind manner, while the people stood round about them; they also changed their houses,
while Aristobulus went to the royal palace, and Hyrcanus retired to the ...
/.../chapter 6 when hyrcanus who.htm

What Actions were done by Alexander Janneus, who Reigned Twenty ...
... But when this Ptolemy was pursued by his mother Cleopatra, and retired into Egypt,
Alexander besieged Gadara, and took it; as also he did Amathus, which was ...
/.../chapter 4 what actions were.htm

Thesaurus

Retired (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Retire. 2. (a.) Private; secluded;
quiet; as, a retired life; a person of retired habits. ...
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Retire (6 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for
active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or ...
/r/retire.htm - 9k

Nicanor (1 Occurrence)
... Nicanor retired to Jerusalem, insulted the priests and threatened the
destruction of the temple unless they delivered up Judas. ...
/n/nicanor.htm - 14k

Antiochus
... Antiochus first captured Calchis; then succeeded in gaining a footing in Boeotia,
and later made an effort to get possession of Thessaly, but retired on the ...
/a/antiochus.htm - 17k

Gethsemane (2 Occurrences)
... oil press"): Mentioned (Matthew 26:36 Mark 14:32) as a place (chorion), margin
"enclosed piece of ground," to which Jesus and the disciples retired after the ...
/g/gethsemane.htm - 11k

Tirhakah (2 Occurrences)
... The Assyrian armies under Esarhaddon, and again under Assur-bani-pal, invaded Egypt
and defeated Tirhakah, who afterwards retired into Ethiopia, where he died ...
/t/tirhakah.htm - 11k

Tiberius (1 Occurrence)
... Dalmatia, Armenia and Germany. He retired in disgust to voluntary exile
at Rhodes where he spent several years in study. In 2 AD ...
/t/tiberius.htm - 15k

Retirement (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired;
withdrawal; seclusion; as, the retirement of an officer. ...
/r/retirement.htm - 7k

Mesha (4 Occurrences)
... This fearful spectacle filled the beholders with horror, and they retired from before
the besieged city, and recrossed the Jordan laden with spoil (2 Kings 3:25 ...
/m/mesha.htm - 12k

Pension
... 1. (n.) A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment
made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other ...
/p/pension.htm - 7k

Bible Concordance

Retired (3 Occurrences)

John 6:15 Jesus, therefore, having known that they are about to come, and to take him by force that they may make him king, retired again to the mountain himself alone.
(YLT)

Genesis 8:3 And the waters retired from the earth, continually retiring; and in the course of a hundred and fifty days the waters abated.
(DBY)

Judges 20:39 And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
(KJV WBS)

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Retired

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Retire (6 Occurrences)

Nicanor (1 Occurrence)

Antiochus

Gethsemane (2 Occurrences)

Tirhakah (2 Occurrences)

Tiberius (1 Occurrence)

Retirement (1 Occurrence)

Mesha (4 Occurrences)

Pension