1 Samuel 8:16
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
And hee will take your men seruants, and your mayd seruants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his worke.
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1 Samuel 8:16
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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menservants
Male servants or attendants; another plural form of manservant.
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maidservants
Female servants or attendants.
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Most desirable or excellent.
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1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.
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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
15And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and giue to his †officers, and to his seruants.
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.
Selected passage17He 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.