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Ecclesiastes 2:5

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I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
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  1. Genesis 2:8–9Rank 1 from verse 5
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    8¶ And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

    9And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

  2. Jeremiah 39:4Rank 2 from verse 5
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    4¶ And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.

  3. Luke 17:27–29Rank 3 from verse 5
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    27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

    28Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

    29But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

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  5. Song of Solomon 6:2Rank 5 from verse 5
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    2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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Ecclesiastes 2:5

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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kind

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Sense 1: A class, sort, nature, or group sharing common characteristics. Sense 2: Benevolent, gracious, helpful, or gentle.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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fruits

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Sense 1: The produce of a plant; offspring. Sense 2: The result and effect of conduct.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

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6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

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