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Hosea 6:1–3

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COME, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
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From verse 1

  1. Job 5:18Rank 1 from verse 1
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    18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

  2. Deuteronomy 32:39Rank 2 from verse 1
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    39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

  3. 1 Samuel 2:6Rank 3 from verse 1
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    6The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

  4. Lamentations 3:40–41Rank 4 from verse 1
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    40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

    41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

  5. Hosea 14:4Rank 5 from verse 1
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    4¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

  6. Isaiah 2:3Rank 6 from verse 1
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    3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

  7. Isaiah 55:7Rank 7 from verse 1
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    7Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  8. Job 34:29Rank 8 from verse 1
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    29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

  9. Jeremiah 30:17Rank 9 from verse 1
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    17For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

  10. Hosea 14:1Rank 10 from verse 1
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    1O ISRAEL, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

  11. Hosea 13:7–9Rank 11 from verse 1
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    7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

    8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

    9¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

  12. Jeremiah 50:4Rank 12 from verse 1
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    4¶ In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the Lord their God.

  13. Lamentations 3:32–33Rank 13 from verse 1
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    32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

    33For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

  14. Isaiah 30:26Rank 14 from verse 1
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    26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

  15. Jeremiah 3:22Rank 15 from verse 1
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    22Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.

  16. Hosea 5:12–15Rank 16 from verse 1
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    12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

    13When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

    14For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

    15¶ I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

  17. Psalms 30:7Rank 17 from verse 1
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    7Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

  18. Jeremiah 33:5Rank 18 from verse 1
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    5They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

  19. Isaiah 30:22Rank 19 from verse 1
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    22Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

  20. Jeremiah 30:12Rank 20 from verse 1
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    12For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

  21. Zephaniah 2:1Rank 21 from verse 1
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    1GATHER yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;

From verse 2

  1. 2 Kings 20:5Rank 1 from verse 2
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    5Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.

  2. 1 Corinthians 15:4Rank 2 from verse 2
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    4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

  3. Ezekiel 37:11–13Rank 3 from verse 2
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    11¶ Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

    12Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

    13And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

  4. Isaiah 26:19Rank 4 from verse 2
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    19Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

  5. Hosea 13:14Rank 5 from verse 2
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    14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

  6. Psalms 30:4–5Rank 6 from verse 2
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    4Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

    5For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

  7. John 14:19Rank 7 from verse 2
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    19Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

  8. Genesis 17:18Rank 8 from verse 2
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    18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

  9. Psalms 61:7Rank 9 from verse 2
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    7He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.

  10. Romans 14:8Rank 10 from verse 2
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    8For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

From verse 3

  1. Jeremiah 24:7Rank 1 from verse 3
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    7And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

  2. Hosea 14:5Rank 2 from verse 3
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    5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

  3. Proverbs 2:1–5Rank 3 from verse 3
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    1MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

    2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

    3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

    4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

    5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

  4. Psalms 72:6Rank 4 from verse 3
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    6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

  5. Philippians 3:13–15Rank 5 from verse 3
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    13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

    14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

    15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

  6. Matthew 13:11Rank 6 from verse 3
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    11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

  7. Revelation 22:16Rank 7 from verse 3
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    16I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

  8. Zechariah 10:1Rank 8 from verse 3
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    1ASK ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

  9. 2 Peter 1:19Rank 9 from verse 3
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    19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

  10. Luke 1:78Rank 10 from verse 3
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    78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,

  11. Malachi 4:2Rank 11 from verse 3
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    2¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

  12. Micah 4:2Rank 12 from verse 3
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    2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

  13. Hebrews 3:14Rank 13 from verse 3
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    14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

  14. Isaiah 44:3Rank 14 from verse 3
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    3For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:

  15. Isaiah 54:13Rank 15 from verse 3
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    13And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.

  16. Joel 2:23–24Rank 16 from verse 3
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    23Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

    24And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.

  17. John 17:3Rank 17 from verse 3
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    3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

  18. Acts 17:11Rank 18 from verse 3
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    11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

  19. Deuteronomy 32:2Rank 19 from verse 3
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    2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

  20. Hosea 10:12Rank 20 from verse 3
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    12Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

  21. Hosea 2:20Rank 21 from verse 3
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    20I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.

  22. Isaiah 32:15Rank 22 from verse 3
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    15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

  23. Psalms 65:9Rank 23 from verse 3
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    9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.

  24. Ezekiel 36:25Rank 24 from verse 3
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    25¶ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

  25. Job 29:23Rank 25 from verse 3
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    23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

  26. Micah 5:2Rank 26 from verse 3
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    2But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

  27. Proverbs 4:18Rank 27 from verse 3
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    18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

  28. Micah 5:7Rank 28 from verse 3
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    7And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.

  29. Psalms 19:4Rank 29 from verse 3
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    4Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,

  30. 2 Samuel 23:4Rank 30 from verse 3
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    4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

  31. Isaiah 5:6Rank 31 from verse 3
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    6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

  32. John 7:17Rank 32 from verse 3
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    17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Hosea 6:1

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

return

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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heal

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Sense 1: To cure disease or injury and restore to soundness. Sense 2: Figuratively, to restore, forgive, or remedy spiritual or national disorder.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

smitten

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Struck, beaten, wounded, afflicted, plagued, defeated, killed, judged, or forcefully affected by a blow, weapon, disease, enemy, word, or divine act.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

bind

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To tie together, or confine with a cord, or any thing that is flexible; to fasten as with a band, fillet or ligature.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Hosea 6:2

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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revive

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Sense 1: To restore to life. Sense 2: To renew strength, activity, courage, work, or flourishing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

raise

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Sense 1: To rouse; to stir up. Sense 2: To lift or set upright. Sense 3: To exalt. Sense 4: To build or produce. Sense 5: To call forth. Sense 6: To restore to life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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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live

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Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.

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

COMBINED MEANING

sight

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1. The act or power of seeing. 2. A thing seen, view, or appearance. 3. Presence or observation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Hosea 6:3

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

COMBINED MEANING

know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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morning

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Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rain

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Sense 1: Water falling in drops from the clouds. Sense 2: As a verb, to fall or pour down like rain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

latter

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Coming, occurring, or mentioned after another; the later or last of two.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5:15¶ I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

6:1COME, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

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6:2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

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6:3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

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6:4¶ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

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