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1 Samuel 6:12
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1 Samuel 6:12
12And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
12And the kine tooke the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the high way, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand, or to the left: and the lords of the Philistines went after them, vnto the border of Bethshemesh.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 6:12
Cows; cattle of the cow kind.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Direct, level, upright, or not crooked, proceeding without turning aside.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Onward in the course, way, or direction named.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A public or principal road; a main way of travel.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Bellowing, as an ox.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Moved in a circle; changed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
On or to one side; out of a perpendicular or straight direction.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Straight, correct, just, proper, or belonging to a lawful claim; also the opposite of left.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Departed from, allowed to remain, or abandoned.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Lords: masters, rulers, nobles, or owners; as a verb, rules or exercises dominion. In 'Lord of lords,' the lords are rulers over whom the Lord is supreme.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (headword: lord)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The edge, boundary, or limit of a country, region, garment, or object.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study19And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.
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