KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 26:16–20
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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.
Genesis 26:17
17¶ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
17¶ And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Genesis 26:18
18And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
18And Isaac digged againe the wels of water, which they had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father: for the Philistims had stopped them after the death of Abraham, and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Genesis 26:19
19And Isaac’s servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
19And Isaacs seruants digged in the valley, and found there a well of †springing water.
- Heb. liuing
Genesis 26:20
20And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
20And the heardmen of Gerar did striue with Isaacs heardmen, saying, The water is ours; and hee called the name of the well, †Esek, because they stroue with him.
- That is, Contention.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 26:16
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A great quantity or degree; abundant in amount.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
More mighty, powerful, strong, or able.
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Genesis 26:17
To depart: to leave, go away, withdraw, or die, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Set; planted; fixed; thrown headlong; set in array; smeared with pitch.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Low ground between hills or mountains, often watered by a stream.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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Genesis 26:18
Dug; opened, excavated, or turned up the earth.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The common liquid necessary for life; as a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Closed, blocked, or restrained so that water, passage, hearing, action, or escape could not continue.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Words or titles by which persons or things are known; also reputation, authority, or the persons named, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Genesis 26:19
Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Dug; opened, excavated, or turned up the earth.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
Low ground between hills or mountains, often watered by a stream.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
In a good, right, or healthy manner or condition; also a deep source of water, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Arising; shooting up; leaping; proceeding; rousing.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
The common liquid necessary for life; as a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Genesis 26:20
Persons who keep, tend, or care for herds.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
To contend, struggle, labour earnestly, or exert oneself toward an object.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The common liquid necessary for life; as a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
In a good, right, or healthy manner or condition; also a deep source of water, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Contended, struggled, or exerted oneself earnestly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study2¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
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Open the full verse study31Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
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Open the full verse study17For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
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Open the full verse study38And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
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Open the full verse study4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
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Open the full verse study10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
11The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
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Open the full verse study38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
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Open the full verse study15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
From verse 20
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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.
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