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1 Samuel 1:6

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And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
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  1. Job 6:14Rank 1 from verse 6
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    14To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

  2. Job 24:21Rank 2 from verse 6
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    21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

  3. Leviticus 18:18Rank 3 from verse 6
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    18Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

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1 Samuel 1:6

COMBINED MEANING

provoked

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of provoke, meaning to stir up or incite, whether to anger or to action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sore

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Sense 1: Painful, grievous, severe, or causing distress. Sense 2: Greatly, exceedingly, or intensely. Sense 3: A wound, ulcer, or tender or diseased place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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fret

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1. To become irritated, angry, envious, or distressed. 2. To eat, wear, or corrode inwardly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

shut

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To close, fasten, block, confine, stop, exclude, or make inaccessible.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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womb

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Sense 1: The bodily place in a female where a child is conceived and carried before birth. Sense 2: A source pictured as such a place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.

6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.

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7And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

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