KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Corinthians 11:32–33
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2 Corinthians 11:32
32In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
32In Damascus the gouernour vnder Aretas the King, kept the citie with a garison, desirous to apprehend mee.
2 Corinthians 11:33
33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
33And through a window in a basket was I let downe, by the wall, and escaped his hands.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Corinthians 11:32
A ruler, chief officer, or person entrusted with authority over others.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Retained, guarded, observed, or preserved.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A body of stationed troops or the guarded post occupied by them, as the context indicates.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wishing for or strongly desiring something.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To seize, grasp, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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2 Corinthians 11:33
From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
An opening or aperture in the wall or structure of a building, ship, or ark.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A woven container used for carrying or holding things.
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To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A structure raised to enclose, divide, or defend a place; figuratively, a defense or protection.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Got free, fled, avoided danger, or passed without harm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 32
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Open the full verse study26In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
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Open the full verse study24But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
From verse 33
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Open the full verse study25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
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Open the full verse study12¶ So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
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Open the full verse study18Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.
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