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Jeremiah 37:16
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Jeremiah 37:16
16¶ When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
16¶ ‖When Ieremiah was entred into the dungeon, and into the cabbins, and Ieremiah had remained there many dayes:
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DEFINED WORDS
Jeremiah 37:16
Went or came in; was admitted, introduced, or penetrated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A close, deep, dark, or low place of imprisonment or confinement.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Continued, stayed, or was left after others departed or were removed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A great number; numerous persons or things.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
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Open the full verse study10Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
11So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
12And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
13So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
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Open the full verse study15For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
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Open the full verse study53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
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Open the full verse study55¶ I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
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