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Genesis 40:23

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Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
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  1. Job 19:14Rank 1 from verse 23
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    14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

  2. Psalms 31:12Rank 2 from verse 23
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    12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

  3. Psalms 105:19Rank 3 from verse 23
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    19Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.

  4. Amos 6:6Rank 4 from verse 23
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    6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

  5. Ecclesiastes 9:15–16Rank 5 from verse 23
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    15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

    16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

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Genesis 40:23

COMBINED MEANING

yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

COMBINED MEANING

butler

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A household servant or officer entrusted with drink, vessels, and related provisions.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

remember

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1. To retain in mind or call back to mind; to recall. 2. To keep in mind with heed, observance, commemoration, or corresponding action. 3. To take account of a person, promise, deed, sin, or need and act with regard to it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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

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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.

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

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