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1 Samuel 28:20
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1 Samuel 28:20
20Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
20Then Saul †fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel, & there was no strength in him: for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor al the night.
- Heb. made haste and fel with the fulnesse of his stature.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 28:20
Fell or dropped down; as an adjective, fierce or cruel; as a noun, an animal skin, according to context.
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MEANING IN THIS VERSE
straightway
Immediately and without delay.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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Extended, prostrate, or drawn out at full length.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
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Painful, grievous, severe, or very great; also a wound or tender place.
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Fearful or apprehensive.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
For the reason that; since.
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Spoken or written expressions; sayings, messages, commands, promises, or accounts.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Power, force, firmness, ability, endurance, or that which gives support.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Chewed and swallowed; also consumed or corroded.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study37But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
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Open the full verse study5And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
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Open the full verse study20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
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Open the full verse study2How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
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Open the full verse study21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
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