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2 Corinthians 5:4
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2 Corinthians 5:4
4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
4For, we that are in this tabernacle, doe grone, being burdened, not for that wee would bee vnclothed, but clothed vpon, that mortalitie might bee swallowed vp of life.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Corinthians 5:4
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
tabernacle
A tent or movable dwelling; especially the sacred tent of Israel.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To utter a mournful sound or sigh under pain, affliction, or burden.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Loaded with weight; incumbered; oppressed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Without the bodily covering contrasted here with being clothed upon.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To put garments upon or provide clothing; figuratively, to cover, invest, or surround with the condition or quality named.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The condition of being mortal and subject to death; also death or the human mortal state.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
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Open the full verse study2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
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Open the full verse study8He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
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Open the full verse study13Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
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