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Deuteronomy 8:4

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Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
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  1. Deuteronomy 29:5Rank 1 from verse 4
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    5And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

  2. Nehemiah 9:21Rank 2 from verse 4
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    21Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

  3. Matthew 26:25–30Rank 3 from verse 4
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    25Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

    26¶ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

    27And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

    28For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

    29But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.

    30And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

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Deuteronomy 8:4

COMBINED MEANING

waxed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of wax, meaning to grow, increase, or become.

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old

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1. Advanced in age or existing for a long time. 2. Of the stated or specified age. 3. Ancient, former, previous, or worn.

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COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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foot

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Sense 1: The lower extremity used for standing or walking. Sense 2: A measure, base, or lowest part. Sense 3: As a verb, to tread or walk.

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swell

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Sense 1: To grow larger, rise, or become proud. Sense 2: As a noun, an enlargement or wave.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

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5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.

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