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Acts 5:15
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Acts 5:15
15Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
15Insomuch y t they brought foorth the sicke ‖into the streetes, and layed them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by, might ouershadow some of them.
- Or, in euery streete.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 5:15
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Affected with disease or bodily weakness; also distressed, disgusted, or weary, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Places for rest or sleep; also marriage beds or places in which things lie, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
Beds or places for reclining or resting.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE)
Smallest or lowest in size, degree, rank, or importance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Shade from light; a dark outline; or a figure of protection, transience, or a coming reality, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Moving, proceeding, or going through, by, over, or out.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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overshadow
To throw a shadow over; to overshade.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study11And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
12So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.
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Open the full verse study36And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
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Open the full verse study12Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
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Open the full verse study21For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
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