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shrank

Meaning of “shrank”

Contracted or drew up.

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First occurrence: Genesis 32:32

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Genesis 32:32
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 32:32 · retained source text

Therefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe which shranke, which is vpon the hollow of the thigh, vnto this day: because hee touched the hollow of Iacobs thigh, in the sinewe that shranke.

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