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Job 41:1
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Job 41:1
1CANST thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
1¶ Canst thou draw out †Leuiathan with an hooke? or his tongue with a corde † which thou lettest downe?
- That is, a whale or a whirlepoole.
- Heb. which thou drownest.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 41:1
To pull, drag, bring, lead, take out, attract, or make a line, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The powerful creature called leviathan and described in Job 41; the KJV also uses the name in Psalms and Isaiah and does not identify it with a particular modern species.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A curved instrument for catching, fastening, or drawing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The organ of speech; a language; speech or manner of speaking.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study1IN that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
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Open the full verse study8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
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Open the full verse study26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
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Open the full verse study14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
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