KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Samuel 8:16–17
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1 Samuel 8:16
16And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
16And hee will take your men seruants, and your mayd seruants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.
1 Samuel 8:17
17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
17Hee will take the tenth of your sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 8:16
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
menservants
Male servants or attendants; another plural form of manservant.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
maidservants
Female servants or attendants.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Fair, handsome, valuable.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Early in life or growth; not mature; also offspring, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Labor, activity, deed, operation, or a result produced; as a verb, to labor, act, make, produce, or bring about.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 8:17
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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