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Isaiah 38:2–5

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Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,
And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
¶ Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
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From verse 2

  1. Matthew 6:6Rank 1 from verse 2
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    6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

  2. 1 Kings 8:30Rank 2 from verse 2
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    30And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

  3. Psalms 50:15Rank 3 from verse 2
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    15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  4. Psalms 91:15Rank 4 from verse 2
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    15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

From verse 3

  1. Hebrews 5:7Rank 1 from verse 3
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    7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

  2. Hebrews 6:10Rank 2 from verse 3
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    10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

  3. Psalms 18:20–27Rank 3 from verse 3
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    20The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

    21For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

    22For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.

    23I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

    24Therefore hath the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.

    25With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

    26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

    27For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

  4. Nehemiah 13:14Rank 4 from verse 3
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    14Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

  5. 2 Chronicles 31:20–21Rank 5 from verse 3
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    20¶ And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God.

    21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

  6. 2 Corinthians 1:12Rank 6 from verse 3
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    12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

  7. Deuteronomy 6:18Rank 7 from verse 3
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    18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers,

  8. John 1:47Rank 8 from verse 3
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    47Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

  9. Nehemiah 13:22Rank 9 from verse 3
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    22And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

  10. Nehemiah 5:19Rank 10 from verse 3
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    19Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

  11. 1 Chronicles 29:19Rank 11 from verse 3
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    19And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

  12. Psalms 6:8Rank 12 from verse 3
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    8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

  13. Hosea 12:4Rank 13 from verse 3
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    4Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;

  14. Psalms 102:9Rank 14 from verse 3
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    9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

  15. Psalms 119:80Rank 15 from verse 3
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    80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.

  16. Psalms 32:2Rank 16 from verse 3
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    2Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

  17. 1 Chronicles 29:9Rank 17 from verse 3
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    9Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

  18. 1 John 3:21–22Rank 18 from verse 3
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    21Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

    22And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

  19. 1 Kings 2:4Rank 19 from verse 3
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    4That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

  20. 2 Chronicles 16:9Rank 20 from verse 3
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    9For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

  21. 2 Chronicles 25:2Rank 21 from verse 3
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    2And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.

  22. 2 Kings 18:5–6Rank 22 from verse 3
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    5He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.

    6For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.

  23. 2 Samuel 12:21–22Rank 23 from verse 3
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    21Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

    22And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

  24. Ezra 10:1Rank 24 from verse 3
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    1NOW when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

  25. Genesis 17:1Rank 25 from verse 3
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    1AND when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

  26. Genesis 5:22–23Rank 26 from verse 3
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    22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

    23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

  27. Genesis 6:9Rank 27 from verse 3
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    9¶ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

  28. Job 23:11–12Rank 28 from verse 3
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    11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

    12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

  29. Nehemiah 1:4Rank 29 from verse 3
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    4¶ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

  30. Nehemiah 13:31Rank 30 from verse 3
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    31And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

  31. Psalms 101:2Rank 31 from verse 3
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    2I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

  32. Psalms 16:8Rank 32 from verse 3
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    8I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

  33. Psalms 20:1–3Rank 33 from verse 3
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    1THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

    2Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;

    3Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

  34. Psalms 26:3Rank 34 from verse 3
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    3For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.

  35. 1 Kings 15:14Rank 35 from verse 3
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    14But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa’s heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.

From verse 5

  1. 1 John 5:14–15Rank 1 from verse 5
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    14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

    15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

  2. Psalms 34:5–6Rank 2 from verse 5
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    5They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

    6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

  3. Revelation 7:17Rank 3 from verse 5
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    17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

  4. Luke 1:13Rank 4 from verse 5
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    13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

  5. Psalms 147:3Rank 5 from verse 5
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    3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

  6. Psalms 56:8Rank 6 from verse 5
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    8Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

  7. 2 Kings 19:20Rank 7 from verse 5
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    20¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

  8. 2 Corinthians 7:6Rank 8 from verse 5
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    6Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

  9. Matthew 22:32Rank 9 from verse 5
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    32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

  10. Psalms 116:15Rank 10 from verse 5
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    15Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

  11. Isaiah 7:13–14Rank 11 from verse 5
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    13And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

    14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

  12. Psalms 89:3–4Rank 12 from verse 5
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    3I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

    4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

  13. 1 Kings 11:12–13Rank 13 from verse 5
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    12Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

    13Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.

  14. 1 Kings 15:4Rank 14 from verse 5
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    4Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

  15. 1 Kings 8:25Rank 15 from verse 5
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    25Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.

  16. 2 Kings 18:2Rank 16 from verse 5
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    2Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.

  17. 2 Samuel 7:3–5Rank 17 from verse 5
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    3And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.

    4¶ And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,

    5Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

  18. Acts 27:24Rank 18 from verse 5
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    24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Cæsar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.

  19. 1 Chronicles 17:2–4Rank 19 from verse 5
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    2Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.

    3¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

    4Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:

  20. 1 Kings 9:4–5Rank 20 from verse 5
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    4And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:

    5Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

  21. 2 Chronicles 34:3Rank 21 from verse 5
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    3¶ For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

  22. 2 Kings 18:13Rank 22 from verse 5
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    13¶ Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.

  23. Job 14:5Rank 23 from verse 5
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    5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

  24. Psalms 39:12Rank 24 from verse 5
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    12Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

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DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 38:2

COMBINED MEANING

turned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

toward

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1. In the direction of or in relation to. 2. Approaching. 3. Inclined or ready.

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

COMBINED MEANING

wall

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Sense 1: A structure raised to enclose, divide, or defend a place. Sense 2: Figuratively, a defense or protection.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Isaiah 38:3

COMBINED MEANING

remember

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1. To retain in mind or call back to mind; to recall. 2. To keep in mind with heed, observance, commemoration, or corresponding action. 3. To take account of a person, promise, deed, sin, or need and act with regard to it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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

truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

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

COMBINED MEANING

perfect

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Complete, whole, sound, mature, upright, fully fitted, finished, exact, or lacking nothing required for the person, work, knowledge, state, purpose, or standard in view; to perfect is to bring to that intended completion or maturity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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

COMBINED MEANING

sore

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Sense 1: Painful, grievous, severe, or causing distress. Sense 2: Greatly, exceedingly, or intensely. Sense 3: A wound, ulcer, or tender or diseased place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 38:4

COMBINED MEANING

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.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 38:5

COMBINED MEANING

say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heard

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Sense 1: Perceived by the ear. Sense 2: Received or learned by report. Sense 3: Listened to, regarded, or heeded. Sense 4: Favourably attended to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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tears

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Drops of fluid shed from the eyes in weeping, grief, pain, or strong feeling.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

add

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To join or put with something else; to increase by bringing or giving more.

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

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38:1IN those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

38:2Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,

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38:3And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

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38:4¶ Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying,

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38:5Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

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38:6And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.

38:7And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;

38:8Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

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