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2 Kings 4:8
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2 Kings 4:8
8¶ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
8¶ And †it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and shee †constrained him to eate bread: And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, hee turned in thither to eate bread.
- Heb. there was a day.
- Heb. laid hold on him.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Kings 4:8
Fell or dropped down; as an adjective, fierce or cruel; as a noun, an animal skin, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Enacted; having received all the formalities necessary to constitute a law.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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constrained
Urged irresistibly or powerfully; compelled; forced; restrained; confined; bound; imprisoned; necessitated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Often; frequently.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Moved in a circle; changed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To that place or in that direction.
Meaning drawn from: Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study18And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
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Open the full verse study3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
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Open the full verse study11And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
12And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
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Open the full verse study3And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
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Open the full verse study3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
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Open the full verse study9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
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Open the full verse study29But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
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Open the full verse study32Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
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Open the full verse study20And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
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Open the full verse study15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
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Open the full verse study15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.
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Open the full verse study21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
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Open the full verse study4And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
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Open the full verse study18¶ And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
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Open the full verse study23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
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