Job 7:15
So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
So that my soule chooseth strangling: and death rather †then my life.
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. then my bones.
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- 2 Samuel 17:23Rank 1 from verse 15
23¶ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
23¶ And when Ahithophel sawe that his counsell was not †followed, he sadled his asse, and arose, and gate him home to his house, to his citie, and †put his houshold in order, and hanged himselfe, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
- Matthew 27:5Rank 2 from verse 15
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Job 7:15
Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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strangling
The act of destroying life by stopping respiration.
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The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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