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Genesis 35:8

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But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
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  1. Genesis 24:59Rank 1 from verse 8
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    59And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

  2. 1 Samuel 31:13Rank 2 from verse 8
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    13And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

  3. Judges 2:1Rank 3 from verse 8
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    1AND an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

  4. Judges 2:5Rank 4 from verse 8
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    5And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.

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Genesis 35:8

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

nurse

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Sense 1: A woman who suckles or has the care of an infant or child. Sense 2: To suckle, nourish, tend, or care for an infant or child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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buried

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Past-tense or past-participial form of bury. Sense 1: Laid a dead body in a grave or tomb. Sense 2: Covered or concealed beneath earth or another substance, or treated as buried by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

oak

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A large, strong tree of the oak kind, often spreading and long-lived.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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35:6¶ So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him.

35:7And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

35:8But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

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