KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 31:47–48
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Genesis 31:47
47And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
47And Laban called it †Iegar-Sahadutha: but Iacob called it Galeed.
- That is, The heape of witnesse.
Genesis 31:48
48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
48And Laban said, This heape is a witnesse betweene mee and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed,
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 31:47
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 31:48
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A pile or mass; to collect or pile up.
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One who testifies from knowledge; testimony; as a verb, to see, attest, or testify.
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In the space, relation, or distinction separating two or more.
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The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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 (PCE + 1611)
Named, summoned, invited, proclaimed, or addressed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 47
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Open the full verse study1WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
From verse 48
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Open the full verse study27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
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Open the full verse study36From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the Lord our God delivered all unto us:
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Open the full verse study16And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
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Open the full verse study23And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
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Open the full verse study8With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them;
9From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
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