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Stab [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.

2. A wound with a sharp pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab of an assassin.

3. An injury given in the dark; a sly mischief; as a stab given to character.

Stab [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon.

2. None shall dare with shortend sword to stab in closer war.

3. To give a mortal wound.

4. He speaks poniards, and every word stabs.

5. To stab at, to offer a stab; to thrust a pointed weapon at.

Stab [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; as, to be stabbed by a dagger or a spear; to stab fish or eels.

2. To wound mischievously or mortally; to kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument.

3. To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab reputation.

Stab [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.

2. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.

3. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.

Stab [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.

2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.

Stab [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.

2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.

Stabat mater Webster's Dictionary 1913

A celebrated Latin hymn, beginning with these words, commemorating the sorrows of the mother of our Lord at the foot of the cross. It is read in the Mass of the Sorrows of the Virgin Mary, and is sung by Catholics when making "the way of the cross" (Via Crucis). See Station, 7 (c).

Stabbed [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pierced with a pointed weapon; killed with a spear or other pointed instrument.

Stabbed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Stabber [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One that stabs; a privy murderer.

Stabber [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer.

2. A small marline spike; a pricker.

Stabbing [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of piercing with a pointed weapon; the act of wounding or killing with a pointed instrument.

2. This statute was made on account of the frequent quarrels and stabbings with short daggers.

Stabbing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Piercing with a pointed weapon; killing with a pointed instrument by piercing the body.

Stabbing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Stabbingly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly.

Stabiliment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Act of making firm; firm support.

2. They serve for stabiliment propagation and shade.

Stabiliment [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of making firm; firm support; establishment.

Stabilitate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To make stable; to establish.

Stabilitate [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make stable; to establish.

Stability [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Steadiness; stableness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as the stability of a throne; the stability of a constitution of government.

2. Steadiness or firmness of character; firmness of resolution or purpose; the qualities opposite to fickleness, irresolution or inconstancy. We say, a man of little stability or of unusual stability

3. Fixedness; as opposed to fluidity. [I believe not now used.]

4. Since fluidness and stability are contrary qualities--

Stability [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The state or quality of being stable, or firm; steadiness; firmness; strength to stand without being moved or overthrown; as, the stability of a structure; the stability of a throne or a constitution.

2. Steadiness or firmness of character, firmness of resolution or purpose; the quality opposite to fickleness, irresolution, or inconstancy; constancy; steadfastness; as, a man of little stability, or of unusual stability.

3. Fixedness; -- as opposed to fluidity.

Stable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Fixed; firmly established; not to be easily moved, shaken or overthrown; as a stable government.

2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as a stable man; a stable character.

3. Fixed; steady; firm; not easily surrendered or abandoned; as a man of stable principles.

4. Durable; not subject to be overthrown or changed.

5. In this region of chance and vanity, where nothing is stable--

Stable [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A house or shed for beasts to lodge and feed in. In large towns, a stable is usually a building for horses only, or horses and cows, and often connected with a coach house. In the country towns in the northern states of America, a stable is usually an apartment in a barn in which hay and grain are deposited.

Stable [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

Stable [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To fix; to establish. [Not used.]

2. To put or keep in a stable Our farmers generally stable not only horses, but oxen and cows in winter, and sometimes young cattle.

Stable [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Firmly established; not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown; fixed; as, a stable government.

2. Steady in purpose; constant; firm in resolution; not easily diverted from a purpose; not fickle or wavering; as, a man of stable character.

3. Durable; not subject to overthrow or change; firm; as, a stable foundation; a stable position.

4. A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow stable.

5. To dwell or lodge in a stable; to dwell in an inclosed place; to kennel.

Stable [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To fix; to establish.

2. To put or keep in a stable.

Stable stand Webster's Dictionary 1913

The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer.

Stable-boy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A boy or a man who attends at a stable.

Stable-man [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

STABLE-BOY, STABLE-MAN noun A boy or a man who attends at a stable.

Stableboy [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Stableman

Stabled [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Put or kept in a stable.

Stabled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Stableman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A boy or man who attends in a stable; a groom; a hostler.

Stableness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Fixedness; firmness of position or establishment; strength to stand; stability; as the stableness of a throne or of a system of laws.

2. Steadiness; constancy; firmness of purpose; stability; as stableness of character, of mind, of principles or opinions.

Stableness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being stable, or firmly established; stability.

Stabler [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A stable keeper.

Stablestand [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In law, when man is found at his standing in the forest with a cross bow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or with a long bow; or standing close by a tree with grayhounds in a leash ready to slip. This is one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the kings deer.

Stabling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act or practice of keeping cattle in a stable.

2. A house, shed or room for keeping horses and cattle.

Stabling [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Putting or keeping in a stable.

Stabling [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable.

2. A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle.

Stabling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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2 Samuel 3:27

And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

2 Samuel 4:6

And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.

2 Samuel 4:7

For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

2 Samuel 7:13

He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

2 Samuel 20:10

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

1 Chronicles 16:30

Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

1 Chronicles 17:12

He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.

He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever.

1 Chronicles 18:3

And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.

2 Chronicles 7:18

Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’

2 Chronicles 17:5

Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.

So the LORD established the kingdom in his hand, and all Judah brought him tribute, so that he had an abundance of riches and honor.

Esther 9:21

To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar

Psalms 93:1

The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

Psalms 119:38

Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.

Psalms 148:6

He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.

Proverbs 29:4

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.

Isaiah 13:15

Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

Isaiah 33:6

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.

Ezekiel 25:5

And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

Habakkuk 2:12

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

Romans 16:25

Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past