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Genesis 40:22

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But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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  1. Genesis 40:19Rank 1 from verse 22
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    19Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

  2. Acts 5:30Rank 2 from verse 22
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    30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

  3. Daniel 2:19–23Rank 3 from verse 22
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    19¶ Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

    20Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:

    21And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

    22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

    23I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.

  4. Daniel 2:30Rank 4 from verse 22
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    30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

  5. Daniel 5:12Rank 5 from verse 22
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    12Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.

  6. Genesis 40:8Rank 6 from verse 22
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    8And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

  7. Genesis 41:11–13Rank 7 from verse 22
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    11And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

    12And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

    13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

  8. Genesis 41:16Rank 8 from verse 22
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    16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

  9. Jeremiah 23:28Rank 9 from verse 22
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    28The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.

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Genesis 40:22

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

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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baker

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A person whose occupation is baking bread or other food.

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

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interpreted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of interpret, meaning to explain or unfold meaning; to translate words from one language into another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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40:20¶ And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

40:21And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:

40:22But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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40:23Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.

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