KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 26:19–23
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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.
Genesis 26:21
21And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
21And they digged another well, and stroue for that also: and hee called the name of it, †Sitnah.
- That is, Hatred.
Genesis 26:22
22And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
22And he remoued from thence, and digged another well, and for that they stroue not: and he called the name of it †Rehoboth: and he said, For now the LORD hath made roome for vs, and we shall be fruitfull in the land.
- That is, roome.
Genesis 26:23
23And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
23And he went vp from thence to Beer-sheba.
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DEFINED WORDS
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.
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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)
DEFINED WORDS
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.
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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)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 26:21
Dug; opened, excavated, or turned up the earth.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
One more; an additional or different person or thing.
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)
Contended, struggled, or exerted oneself earnestly.
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
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 26:22
Moved away, taken away, displaced, changed, or put at a distance.
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
One more; an additional or different person or thing.
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)
Contended, struggled, or exerted oneself earnestly.
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
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Prolific; bearing children; not barren. Very productive; producing fruit in abundance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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From verse 19
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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.
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study6And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study6And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
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Open the full verse study7¶ And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
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Open the full verse study5I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
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Open the full verse study3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
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Open the full verse study52And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
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Open the full verse study19He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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Open the full verse study1HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
From verse 23
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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 study1AND Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
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Open the full verse study1THEN all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.
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