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2 Samuel 4:11

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2 Samuel 4:11

11How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Samuel 4:11

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

much

A great quantity or degree; abundant in amount.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

slain

Killed or put to death, especially by violence.

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

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

righteous

Just, right, or conforming to God's law and judgment; equitable or upright; as a noun, a person characterized as righteous.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

own

Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

house

A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

bed

A place for rest or sleep; also the marriage bed or a place in which something lies. As a verb, to place or lie in a bed.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

MEANING IN THIS VERSE

require

To ask, demand, call for, or hold someone accountable for what is due.

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

blood

The fluid that circulates through the body and is associated with life; in KJV usage, also life, bloodshed and its guilt, kindred, human nature, blood shed in sacrifice, or the juice of grapes.

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

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

hand

The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

take

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

Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

earth

The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)

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From verse 11

  1. Proverbs 2:22
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  2. Psalms 9:12
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  3. Genesis 9:5–6
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  4. Numbers 35:31–34
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  5. 1 John 3:12
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