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Genesis 40:7
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Genesis 40:7
7And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
7And he asked Pharaohs officers that were with him in the warde of his lords house, saying, wherefore †looke ye so sadly to day?
- Heb. are your faces euill?
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 40:7
Persons entrusted with an office, charge, authority, or oversight.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A guard, watch, or place of custody; in forms such as God-ward or us-ward, toward or in the direction of.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Why; for what reason.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To direct the eyes or attention; to behold, observe, expect, or take heed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
With a sorrowful, troubled, or dejected countenance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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)
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From verse 7
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Open the full verse study2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
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Open the full verse study8Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
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Open the full verse study4And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.
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Open the full verse study24And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
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Open the full verse study17And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
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