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Jonah 1:16–17

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Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.
¶ Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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From verse 16

  1. Daniel 6:26Rank 1 from verse 16
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    26I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

  2. Psalms 116:14Rank 2 from verse 16
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    14I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.

  3. Genesis 8:20Rank 3 from verse 16
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    20¶ And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

  4. Psalms 107:22Rank 4 from verse 16
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    22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.

  5. Psalms 50:14Rank 5 from verse 16
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    14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

From verse 17

  1. Matthew 12:40Rank 1 from verse 17
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    40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

  2. Luke 11:30Rank 2 from verse 17
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    30For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

  3. Matthew 16:4Rank 3 from verse 17
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    4A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.

  4. Psalms 104:25–26Rank 4 from verse 17
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    25So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

    26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

  5. Habakkuk 3:2Rank 5 from verse 17
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    2O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

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Jonah 1:16

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offered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of offer, meaning to present, bring, give, propose, or attempt.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sacrifice

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Sense 1: An offering presented to God or to a false god, or the thing so offered. Sense 2: To present, slay, or consume something as such an offering.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Jonah 1:17

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swallow

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Sense 1: A small bird. Sense 2: To take into the mouth and pass inward, consume, engulf, devour, or overwhelm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1:15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

1:16Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord, and made vows.

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1:17¶ Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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2:1THEN Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,

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