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industrious

Meaning of “industrious”

Diligent, active, and careful in labour.

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First occurrence: 1 Kings 11:28

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1 Kings 11:28
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 11:28 · retained source text

And the man Ieroboam was a mightie man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, hee made him ruler ouer all the charge of the house of Ioseph.

1611 marginal noteHeb. did worke.

1611 marginal noteHebr. burden.

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