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1 Samuel 13:21

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1 Samuel 13:21

21Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

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DEFINED WORDS

1 Samuel 13:21

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

coulters

The iron cutting part of a plough, placed before the share to cut the soil.

Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

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sharpen

To render more keen; to make more eager for food or for any gratification.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

goads

Pointed rods used to urge animals forward; by figure, sharp inducements or provocations.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

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