Galatians 4:2
But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
But is vnder tutors and gouernours vntill the time appointed of the father.
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Galatians 4:2
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Persons who govern, rule, direct, or hold chief civil authority.
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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of appoint. Sense 1: To assign, designate, establish, or set for a particular purpose, office, or time. Sense 2: To supply, allot, furnish, or equip with provisions or equipment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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1NOW I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
1¶ Now I say, that the heire, as long as hee is a child, differeth nothing from a seruant, though hee bee Lord of all,
2But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
2But is vnder tutors and gouernours vntill the time appointed of the father.
Selected passage3Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
3Euen so we, when wee were children, were in bondage vnder the ‖Elements of the world: