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Acts 27:36

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Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
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  1. 2 Corinthians 1:4–6Rank 1 from verse 36
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    4Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

    5For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

    6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

  2. Acts 27:22Rank 2 from verse 36
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    22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.

  3. Psalms 27:14Rank 3 from verse 36
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    14Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

  4. Acts 27:25Rank 4 from verse 36
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    25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.

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Acts 27:36

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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cheer

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Sense 1: Gladness, courage, or an encouraging countenance. Sense 2: To comfort or encourage.

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meat

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Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.

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35And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.

36Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.

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37And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls.

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