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Acts 8:17
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Acts 8:17
17Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
17Then layde they their hands on them, and they receiued the holy Ghost.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 8:17
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To receive: to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Belonging to God or set apart for him; sacred; morally pure. Applied to God, it expresses his perfect purity; in Holy Ghost or Holy Spirit, it identifies the Spirit of God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
The spirit; in 'give up the ghost,' to yield the spirit and die.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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Open the full verse study6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
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Open the full verse study6Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
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Open the full verse study6Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
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Open the full verse study18And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
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Open the full verse study4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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Open the full verse study17And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
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Open the full verse study2Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
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Open the full verse study18¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
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Open the full verse study10And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
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Open the full verse study14Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
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Open the full verse study22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
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Open the full verse study11For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
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Open the full verse study2This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
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Open the full verse study3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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