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Hebrews 1:3–5

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Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
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From verse 3

  1. Colossians 1:15–17Rank 1 from verse 3
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    15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

    16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

    17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

  2. Revelation 4:11Rank 2 from verse 3
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    11Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

  3. John 14:9–10Rank 3 from verse 3
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    9Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

    10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

  4. John 1:14Rank 4 from verse 3
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    14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

  5. 2 Corinthians 4:4Rank 5 from verse 3
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    4In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

  6. Hebrews 10:12Rank 6 from verse 3
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    12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

  7. Hebrews 12:2Rank 7 from verse 3
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    2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  8. John 1:4Rank 8 from verse 3
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    4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

  9. 2 Corinthians 4:6–7Rank 9 from verse 3
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    6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

    7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

  10. Hebrews 9:26Rank 10 from verse 3
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    26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

  11. Jude 1:25Rank 11 from verse 3
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    25To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

  12. 1 Peter 3:22Rank 12 from verse 3
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    22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

  13. 1 John 1:7Rank 13 from verse 3
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    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  14. Hebrews 8:1Rank 14 from verse 3
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    1NOW of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

  15. 1 John 3:5Rank 15 from verse 3
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    5And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

  16. 2 Peter 1:16Rank 16 from verse 3
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    16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

  17. Acts 2:33Rank 17 from verse 3
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    33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

  18. Ephesians 1:20–22Rank 18 from verse 3
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    20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

    21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

    22And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

  19. Hebrews 4:14Rank 19 from verse 3
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    14Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

  20. John 1:29Rank 20 from verse 3
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    29¶ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

  21. Mark 16:19Rank 21 from verse 3
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    19¶ So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

  22. Revelation 3:21Rank 22 from verse 3
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    21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

  23. Acts 7:56Rank 23 from verse 3
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    56And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

  24. 1 Peter 1:21Rank 24 from verse 3
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    21Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.

  25. Colossians 3:1Rank 25 from verse 3
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    1IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

  26. Hebrews 7:27Rank 26 from verse 3
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    27Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

  27. Hebrews 9:12–14Rank 27 from verse 3
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    12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

    13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

    14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  28. Psalms 110:1Rank 28 from verse 3
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    1THE Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

  29. Psalms 75:3Rank 29 from verse 3
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    3The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

  30. Romans 8:34Rank 30 from verse 3
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    34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

  31. 1 Chronicles 29:11Rank 31 from verse 3
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    11Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

  32. Luke 20:42–43Rank 32 from verse 3
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    42And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

    43Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

  33. Ecclesiastes 8:4Rank 33 from verse 3
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    4Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

  34. Job 37:22Rank 34 from verse 3
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    22Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

  35. Micah 5:4Rank 35 from verse 3
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    4¶ And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

  36. Romans 1:16Rank 36 from verse 3
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    16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

  37. Hebrews 9:16Rank 37 from verse 3
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    16For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

  38. Matthew 22:24Rank 38 from verse 3
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    24Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

From verse 4

  1. Ephesians 1:21Rank 1 from verse 4
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    21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

  2. Philippians 2:9–11Rank 2 from verse 4
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    9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

    10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

    11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

  3. 1 Peter 3:22Rank 3 from verse 4
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    22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

  4. Hebrews 2:9Rank 4 from verse 4
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    9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

  5. Revelation 5:11–12Rank 5 from verse 4
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    11And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

    12Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

  6. 2 Thessalonians 1:7Rank 6 from verse 4
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    7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

  7. Psalms 2:7–8Rank 7 from verse 4
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    7I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

    8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

  8. Colossians 1:18Rank 8 from verse 4
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    18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

  9. Colossians 2:10Rank 9 from verse 4
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    10And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

  10. Hebrews 1:9Rank 10 from verse 4
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    9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

From verse 5

  1. Psalms 2:7Rank 1 from verse 5
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    7I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

  2. Acts 13:33Rank 2 from verse 5
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    33God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

  3. Hebrews 5:5Rank 3 from verse 5
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    5So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.

  4. 2 Samuel 7:14Rank 4 from verse 5
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    14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

  5. 1 Chronicles 17:13Rank 5 from verse 5
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    13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:

  6. 1 Chronicles 22:10Rank 6 from verse 5
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    10He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

  7. Psalms 89:26–27Rank 7 from verse 5
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    26He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

    27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

  8. 1 Chronicles 28:6Rank 8 from verse 5
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    6And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

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DEFINED WORDS

Hebrews 1:3

COMBINED MEANING

glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

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express

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Sense 1: Exact or precise. Sense 2: To declare or utter plainly; to represent clearly. Sense 3: To press or squeeze out.

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image

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A likeness, resemblance, representation, figure, or corresponding form.

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upholding

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of uphold, meaning to hold up, sustain, support, preserve, maintain, strengthen, defend, confirm, or keep from falling or failing.

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

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power

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Sense 1: Ability, strength, force, or effective capacity to act, prevail, or produce an effect. Sense 2: Authority, right, permission, rule, dominion, or control. Sense 3: A person, authority, host, spiritual being, or other agent possessing or manifesting power.

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

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purged

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of purge, meaning to cleanse, clear, remove, separate, refine, or put away.

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sins

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Transgressions or offences against God and his law, and the guilt for them.

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sat

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Was seated, took a seat, remained seated, or occupied a seat or place.

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

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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right

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1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

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high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Hebrews 1:4

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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

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better

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Sense 1: More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree. Sense 2: To improve or make better.

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

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angels

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Sense 1: Messengers. Sense 2: Heavenly or spiritual messengers, whether holy or fallen as stated.

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inheritance

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A possession, portion, or heritage received by descent, allotment, promise, or divine gift.

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

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obtained

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of obtain, meaning to gain, acquire, receive, secure, or attain.

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

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Hebrews 1:5

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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angels

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Sense 1: Messengers. Sense 2: Heavenly or spiritual messengers, whether holy or fallen as stated.

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time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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

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art

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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.

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Son

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A title of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Son of man.

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

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

COMBINED MEANING

begotten

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Sense 1: Brought forth as offspring or standing in the stated relation of offspring. Sense 2: Brought forth, raised, or made alive in a spiritual or figurative relation.

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again

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Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.

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father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

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1:1GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

1:2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

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1:4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

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1:5For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

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1:6And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

1:7And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.

1:8But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

1:9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

1:10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

1:11They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

1:12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

1:13But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?

1:14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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