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Jeremiah 51:38
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Jeremiah 51:38
38They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions’ whelps.
38‖They shall roare together like lions; they shall yell as lions whelps.
- Or, shake themselues.
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DEFINED WORDS
Jeremiah 51:38
A deep, loud, prolonged cry or sound; also to make such a sound, especially in distress or fierceness.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Large powerful wild cats; also figures of strength, fierceness, danger, or royal power.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To cry out with a hideous noise; to cry or scream as with agony or horror.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The young of lions or other beasts of prey; cubs.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 38
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Open the full verse study15The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
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Open the full verse study9No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
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Open the full verse study10The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
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Open the full verse study20And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.
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Open the full verse study11Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
12The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
13Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
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Open the full verse study10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
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Open the full verse study6Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Lord.
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Open the full verse study3¶ There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
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