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Hosea 2:6
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Hosea 2:6
6¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
6¶ Therefore behold, I will hedge vp thy way with thornes, and †make a wall, that she shall not find her pathes.
- Heb. wall a wall.
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DEFINED WORDS
Hosea 2:6
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To obstruct or close up the way.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Sharp spines or prickles; also thorn-bearing plants and figures of things that prick, obstruct, or grieve.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A structure raised to enclose, divide, or defend a place; figuratively, a defense or protection.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Ways, tracks, or courses followed in travel or conduct.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 6
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Open the full verse study8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
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Open the full verse study7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
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Open the full verse study23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
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Open the full verse study43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
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Open the full verse study14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
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