KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 49:14–15
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Genesis 49:14
14¶ Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
14¶ Issachar is a strong asse, couching downe betweene two burdens.
Genesis 49:15
15And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
15And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant: and bowed his shoulder to beare, and became a seruant vnto tribute.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 49:14
Having strength, power, firmness, endurance, influence, or the ability to resist and prevail.
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Lying down, crouching, placing low, concealing, or resting in readiness.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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In the space, relation, or distinction separating two or more.
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The number equal to one and one.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Loads carried; also duties, hardships, or oppressive weights borne by a person.
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Genesis 49:15
Repose, relief, or cessation from labour; also what remains.
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That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
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The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
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Cheerful; enlivening. Giving pleasure; gratifying.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Bent, stooped, inclined, or brought low in body, will, or condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The upper joint of the arm; figuratively, a place of bearing, support, or responsibility.
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To carry, support, endure, produce, bring forth, or sustain, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Payment or contribution exacted or rendered to a ruler.
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Open the full verse study32And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
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Open the full verse study18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
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Open the full verse study18¶ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
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Open the full verse study17¶ And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
18And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
19And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
20And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
21And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
22And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
23This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
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Open the full verse study1AND after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
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Open the full verse study15And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
16Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
From verse 15
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Open the full verse study1AND it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
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Open the full verse study18Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
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Open the full verse study15And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
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Open the full verse study11And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
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Open the full verse study4For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
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Open the full verse study6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
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