KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 18:6–7
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Genesis 18:6
6And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
6And Abraham hastened into the tent, vnto Sarah, & said; †Make ready quickly three measures of fine meale, knead it, and make cakes vpon the hearth.
- Hebr. Hasten.
Genesis 18:7
7And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
7And Abraham ranne vnto the heard, and fetcht a calfe, tender and good, and gaue it vnto a yong man: and he hasted to dresse it.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 18:6
Moved rapidly; accelerated; urged with speed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To prepare or make ready.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Speedily, promptly, soon, or without delay.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The number following two and preceding four.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Standards, vessels, or amounts used in measuring; also determines, allots, or proportions.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Pure or refined; of excellent quality; also a payment imposed as a penalty, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893
Edible grain ground into fine particles; flour or meal used for food or offerings.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To work and press flour or dough into a mixed mass.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Small baked masses of dough or other food, commonly flat or compact in form.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A pavement or floor of brick or stone in a chimney, on which a fire is made to warm a room, and from which there is a passage for the smoke to ascend.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 18:7
A group of cattle or other animals kept or feeding together.
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Soft or delicate; young, weak, or not hardy; sensitive or responsive; compassionate or merciful, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Bestowed, delivered, granted, or caused, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Early in life or growth; not mature; also offspring, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To haste: to hurry, act quickly, or make speed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To prepare, arrange, tend, cultivate, or adorn.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study13For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
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Open the full verse study33¶ Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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Open the full verse study13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
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Open the full verse study9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
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Open the full verse study15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
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Open the full verse study2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
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Open the full verse study8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
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Open the full verse study38¶ Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
39And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
40But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
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Open the full verse study15¶ And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
16And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study4That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
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Open the full verse study3And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
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Open the full verse study23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
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Open the full verse study27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
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Open the full verse study30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
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Open the full verse study14But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
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Open the full verse study4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
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