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Genesis 40:2

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And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
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  1. Proverbs 16:14Rank 1 from verse 2
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    14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

  2. 1 Chronicles 27:27Rank 2 from verse 2
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    27And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:

  3. Acts 12:20Rank 3 from verse 2
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    20¶ And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.

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    12The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

  5. Proverbs 19:19Rank 5 from verse 2
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    19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.

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Genesis 40:2

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Pharaoh

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The royal title used for the king of Egypt, applied to successive Egyptian rulers in the biblical record.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

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

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chief

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1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1AND it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

2And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

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3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

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