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Isaiah 8:1

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MOREOVER the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
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  1. Isaiah 30:8Rank 1 from verse 1
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    8¶ Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

  2. Habakkuk 2:2–3Rank 2 from verse 1
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    2And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

    3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

  3. Isaiah 8:3Rank 3 from verse 1
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    3And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

  4. Job 19:23–24Rank 4 from verse 1
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    23Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

    24That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

  5. Jeremiah 36:2Rank 5 from verse 1
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    2Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.

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Isaiah 8:1

COMBINED MEANING

moreover

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Besides, further, additionally, or what is more, introducing another statement, fact, command, reason, or continuation.

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COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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

COMBINED MEANING

roll

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Sense 1: A scroll or written sheet kept rolled. Sense 2: As a verb, to turn, move, or wrap over and over.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

write

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Sense 1: To form letters or words, inscribe, record, compose, copy, or communicate in writing. Sense 2: By figure, to impress and establish something upon the heart or mind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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pen

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Sense 1: An enclosure for animals. Sense 2: A writing instrument. Sense 3: As a verb, to confine or write.

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1MOREOVER the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man’s pen concerning Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

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2And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah.

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