KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 26:15–16
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Genesis 26:15
15For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
15For all the wels which his fathers seruants had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father, the Philistims had stopped them, & filled them with earth.
Genesis 26:16
16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
16And Abimelech said vnto Isaac, Goe from vs: for thou art much mightier then we.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 26:15
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Dug; opened, excavated, or turned up the earth.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Closed, blocked, or restrained so that water, passage, hearing, action, or escape could not continue.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Made full; supplied with abundance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 26:16
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A great quantity or degree; abundant in amount.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
More mighty, powerful, strong, or able.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 15
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Open the full verse study30And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.
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Open the full verse study25And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.
From verse 16
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Open the full verse study9And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
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