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Exodus 1:14

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And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
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  1. Acts 7:19Rank 1 from verse 14
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    19The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

  2. Numbers 20:15Rank 2 from verse 14
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    15How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

  3. Exodus 2:23Rank 3 from verse 14
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    23¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

  4. Exodus 6:9Rank 4 from verse 14
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    9¶ And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

  5. Acts 7:34Rank 5 from verse 14
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    34I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

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Exodus 1:14

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

lives

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Sense 1: States or periods of living. Sense 2: Remains alive or conducts one's life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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bitter

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Having a sharp, unpleasant taste opposed to sweet; grievous, harsh, painful, sorrowful, resentful, or severe in condition, feeling, speech, or effect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hard

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Firm, difficult, severe, harsh, laborious, forceful, or resistant to pressure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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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morter

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A binding material that hardens between bricks or stones; a spelling of mortar.

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brick

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A block of chiefly clay earth, formed, dried, and burned for building.

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

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service

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Work, duty, ministry, worship, attendance, military obligation, or servitude performed for another.

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serve

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To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

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rigour

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Harsh, severe, exacting, cruel, or oppressive strictness in exercising labour, rule, mastery, or authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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13And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

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15¶ And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

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