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Genesis 41:21

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And 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.
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  1. Ezekiel 3:3Rank 1 from verse 21
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    3And 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.

  2. Isaiah 9:20Rank 2 from verse 21
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    20And 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:

  3. Psalms 37:19Rank 3 from verse 21
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    19They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

  4. Revelation 10:9–10Rank 4 from verse 21
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    9And 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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Genesis 41:21

COMBINED MEANING

eaten

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Sense 1: Chewed and swallowed. Sense 2: Consumed or corroded.

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

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

still

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Sense 1: Continuing without interruption, or remaining as before. Sense 2: Quiet, silent, or without motion. Sense 3: Even yet or nevertheless. Sense 4: To make quiet or cause to cease.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ill

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Bad, evil, harmful, unfavorable, or disagreeable; badly or wrongly, according to the phrase.

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

COMBINED MEANING

awoke

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Past-tense or past-participial form of awake (to cease sleeping, or to arouse from sleep or inactivity).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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20And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

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.

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22And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

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