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1 Samuel 2:3–7

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Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
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From verse 3

  1. 1 Kings 8:39Rank 1 from verse 3
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    39Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

  2. Proverbs 8:13Rank 2 from verse 3
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    13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  3. Proverbs 24:12Rank 3 from verse 3
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    12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

  4. Jude 1:15–16Rank 4 from verse 3
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    15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

    16These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

  5. Hebrews 4:12Rank 5 from verse 3
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    12For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

  6. Proverbs 16:2Rank 6 from verse 3
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    2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

  7. 1 Samuel 16:7Rank 7 from verse 3
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    7But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

  8. Daniel 4:30–31Rank 8 from verse 3
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    30The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

    31While the word was in the king’s mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

  9. Isaiah 37:23Rank 9 from verse 3
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    23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

  10. Job 31:6Rank 10 from verse 3
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    6Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

  11. Psalms 147:5Rank 11 from verse 3
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    5Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

  12. Psalms 44:21Rank 12 from verse 3
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    21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  13. Psalms 94:4Rank 13 from verse 3
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    4How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

  14. Psalms 94:7–10Rank 14 from verse 3
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    7Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.

    8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

    9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

    10He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?

  15. Daniel 4:37Rank 15 from verse 3
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    37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

  16. Daniel 5:27Rank 16 from verse 3
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    27TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

  17. Malachi 3:13Rank 17 from verse 3
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    13¶ Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

  18. Revelation 2:23Rank 18 from verse 3
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    23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.

  19. Jeremiah 17:10Rank 19 from verse 3
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    10I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

  20. Isaiah 26:7Rank 20 from verse 3
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    7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

From verse 4

  1. Psalms 37:15Rank 1 from verse 4
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    15Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

  2. Psalms 76:3Rank 2 from verse 4
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    3There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.

  3. Philippians 4:13Rank 3 from verse 4
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    13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

  4. Psalms 46:9Rank 4 from verse 4
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    9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

  5. 2 Corinthians 12:9Rank 5 from verse 4
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    9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

  6. Hebrews 11:34Rank 6 from verse 4
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    34Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

  7. Isaiah 10:4Rank 7 from verse 4
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    4Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  8. Psalms 37:17Rank 8 from verse 4
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    17For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.

  9. 2 Corinthians 4:9–10Rank 9 from verse 4
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    9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

    10Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

  10. Jeremiah 37:10Rank 10 from verse 4
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    10For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

  11. Ephesians 6:14Rank 11 from verse 4
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    14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;

From verse 5

  1. Jeremiah 15:9Rank 1 from verse 5
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    9She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.

  2. Luke 1:53Rank 2 from verse 5
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    53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

  3. Psalms 113:9Rank 3 from verse 5
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    9He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

  4. Psalms 34:10Rank 4 from verse 5
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    10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

  5. 1 Samuel 1:6Rank 5 from verse 5
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    6And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.

  6. Isaiah 54:1Rank 6 from verse 5
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    1SING, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

  7. Luke 16:25Rank 7 from verse 5
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    25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

  8. 1 Samuel 1:20Rank 8 from verse 5
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    20Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord.

  9. Galatians 4:27Rank 9 from verse 5
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    27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.

From verse 6

  1. Deuteronomy 32:39Rank 1 from verse 6
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    39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

  2. Isaiah 26:19Rank 2 from verse 6
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    19Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

  3. 2 Kings 5:7Rank 3 from verse 6
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    7And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

  4. Job 5:18Rank 4 from verse 6
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    18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

  5. Jonah 2:2–6Rank 5 from verse 6
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    2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

    3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

    4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

    5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

    6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

  6. Revelation 1:18Rank 6 from verse 6
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    18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

  7. John 5:25–29Rank 7 from verse 6
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    25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

    26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

    27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

    28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

    29And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

  8. Hosea 6:1–2Rank 8 from verse 6
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    1COME, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

    2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

  9. John 11:25Rank 9 from verse 6
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    25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

  10. 1 Samuel 20:3Rank 10 from verse 6
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    3And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

  11. 2 Corinthians 1:9–10Rank 11 from verse 6
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    9But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

    10Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;

  12. Matthew 12:40Rank 12 from verse 6
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    40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

  13. Psalms 116:3Rank 13 from verse 6
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    3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  14. Psalms 68:20Rank 14 from verse 6
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    20He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

From verse 7

  1. Psalms 75:7Rank 1 from verse 7
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    7But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

  2. Deuteronomy 8:17–18Rank 2 from verse 7
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    17And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

    18But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

  3. Job 5:11Rank 3 from verse 7
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    11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

  4. James 4:10Rank 4 from verse 7
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    10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

  5. Job 1:21Rank 5 from verse 7
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    21And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

  6. James 1:9–10Rank 6 from verse 7
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    9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

    10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

  7. Isaiah 2:12Rank 7 from verse 7
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    12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:

  8. Psalms 102:10Rank 8 from verse 7
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    10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

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1 Samuel 2:3

COMBINED MEANING

exceeding

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Very great, abundant, intense, extensive, or beyond ordinary measure or degree; exceedingly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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proudly

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With an inordinate self-esteem; in a proud manner; haughtily; ostentatiously; with lofty airs or mien.

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

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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arrogancy

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Proud, haughty self-exaltation or presumption, whether in the heart, speech, or conduct.

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

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

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

weighed

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Sense 1: Measured or ascertained by scales or balance. Sense 2: Figuratively, considered, evaluated, or judged by a standard.

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

DEFINED WORDS

1 Samuel 2:4

COMBINED MEANING

mighty

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Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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stumbled

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Sense 1: Lost footing, tripped, or fell. Sense 2: Figuratively, faltered or took offence at an obstacle.

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

COMBINED MEANING

girded

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gird, meaning to fasten clothing or another object around the body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1 Samuel 2:5

COMBINED MEANING

hired

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hire, meaning to employ or obtain work for payment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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

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ceased

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Past-tense or past-participial form of cease (to stop moving, acting or speaking; to leave off; to give over; followed by from before a noun).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

barren

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1. Unable to bear offspring. 2. Unproductive or unable to yield fruit or increase; desolate.

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

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

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waxed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of wax, meaning to grow, increase, or become.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Samuel 2:6

COMBINED MEANING

maketh

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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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alive

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Sense 1: Living; having life; not dead. Sense 2: Continuing or active in life, force, or operation.

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

COMBINED MEANING

grave

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Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.

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

DEFINED WORDS

1 Samuel 2:7

COMBINED MEANING

maketh

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Third-person singular present form of make (to form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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rich

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Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

low

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Sense 1: Not high; beneath in place, rank, amount, strength, or condition. Sense 2: Humble or brought down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lifteth

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Third-person singular present form of lift. Sense 1: To raise, bear up, or elevate physically. Sense 2: To direct upward or raise in expression, as the eyes, hands, voice, soul, prayer, or countenance. Sense 3: To exalt, restore, strengthen, or raise in condition or honour. Sense 4: To raise or wield against, as a hand, tool, weapon, or standard. Sense 5: In lift from off, to remove or take away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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2:1AND Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

2:2There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

2:3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

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2:4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

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2:5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

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2:6The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

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2:7The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

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2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

2:9He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

2:10The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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