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Job 17:6
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Job 17:6
6He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
6He hath made me also a by-word of the people, and ‖afore time I was as a tabret.
- Or, before them.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 17:6
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A common saying or proverb, often one expressing reproach.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
In time past; in a former time.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A small hand drum or tambourine.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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Open the full verse study9And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
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Open the full verse study14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
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Open the full verse study7Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
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Open the full verse study27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
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Open the full verse study12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
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