KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 41:20–21
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Genesis 41:20
20And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
20And the leane, & the ill fauoured kine, did eate vp the first seuen fat kine.
Genesis 41:21
21And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
21And when they had †eaten them vp, it could not bee knowen that they had eaten them, but they were still ill fauoured, as at the beginning: So I awoke.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 41:20
Thin or lacking fat; as a verb, to incline, rest, or depend upon.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Of bad or unpleasing appearance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Cows; cattle of the cow kind.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Before all others in time, place, order, rank, or importance; the beginning or earliest.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The number following six and preceding eight.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
Rich, well-fed, abundant, or fertile; also the oily substance of an animal.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 41:21
Chewed and swallowed; also consumed or corroded.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Recognized, understood, perceived, acknowledged, or made evident.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To stop, as motion or agitation; to check’ or restrain; to make quiet.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Of bad or unpleasing appearance.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
That which is first; the first state; commencement; entrance into being. The first cause; origin.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To cease sleeping, or to arouse from sleep or inactivity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study3And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
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Open the full verse study20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
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Open the full verse study19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
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Open the full verse study9And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
10And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
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