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Ecclesiastes 9:8
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Ecclesiastes 9:8
8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
8Let thy garments bee alwayes white; and let thy head lacke no oyntment.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ecclesiastes 9:8
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Articles of clothing; collectively, clothing or dress.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
Always; continually, regularly, or throughout the time stated.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Having the colour of snow or light; pale, clean, or made white.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To be without, be wanting, or need what is named.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A perfumed or medicinal substance used for anointing or smearing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study14And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
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Open the full verse study4Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
5He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
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Open the full verse study8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
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Open the full verse study13And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Open the full verse study15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
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Open the full verse study9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
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Open the full verse study24¶ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
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Open the full verse study3I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
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Open the full verse study15¶ And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
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Open the full verse study5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
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Open the full verse study3Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
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Open the full verse study2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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Open the full verse study6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
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Open the full verse study17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
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Open the full verse study46My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
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