1 Samuel 8:17

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1 Samuel 8:17

17He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.

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＋ Add previous verse1 Samuel 8:16And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.＋ Add next verse1 Samuel 8:18And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.

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1 Samuel 8:17

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893

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APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

servants

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Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

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