Hebrews 3:4
For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
For euery house is builded by some man, but hee that built all things is God.
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9If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.
9If it please the king, let it be written, †that they may be destroyed: and I will †pay ten thousand talents of siluer to the handes of those that haue the charge of the businesse, to bring it into the kings treasuries.
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Hebrews 3:4
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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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of build, meaning to construct, rest or depend on as a foundation.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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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
Constructed, formed, established, or strengthened.
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The one true God.
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3For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
3For this man was counted worthy of more glory then Moses, in as much as he who hath builded the house, hath more honour then the house.
4For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
4For euery house is builded by some man, but hee that built all things is God.
Selected passage5And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
5And Moses verely was faithfull in all his house as a seruant, for a testimonie of those things which were to be spoken after.