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Jonah 3:1–3

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AND the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
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From verse 1

  1. Jonah 1:1Rank 1 from verse 1
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    1NOW the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

  2. John 21:15–17Rank 2 from verse 1
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    15¶ So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

    16He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

    17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

From verse 2

  1. Ezekiel 2:7Rank 1 from verse 2
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    7And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.

  2. Jeremiah 1:17Rank 2 from verse 2
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    17¶ Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

  3. Jonah 1:2Rank 3 from verse 2
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    2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

  4. Jonah 3:3Rank 4 from verse 2
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    3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.

  5. Ezekiel 3:17Rank 5 from verse 2
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    17Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

From verse 3

  1. Genesis 22:3Rank 1 from verse 3
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    3¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

  2. Matthew 21:28–29Rank 2 from verse 3
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    28¶ But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

    29He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

  3. Psalms 80:10Rank 3 from verse 3
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    10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

  4. Genesis 30:8Rank 4 from verse 3
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    8And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

  5. Psalms 36:6Rank 5 from verse 3
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    6Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

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Jonah 3:1

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

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time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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Jonah 3:2

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arise

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1. To rise, stand, get up, or move upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. To begin, emerge, appear, come into being, or come forward. 3. To take action, intervene, or undertake the stated work. 4. To rise from death; to return to life.

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COMBINED MEANING

bid

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Sense 1: To command, direct, or request. Sense 2: To invite or call. Sense 3: To speak or pronounce a greeting, as in bid farewell or bid God speed.

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Jonah 3:3

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arose

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1. Rose, stood up, got up, or moved upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. Began, emerged, appeared, came into being, or came forward. 3. Took action, intervened, or undertook the stated work. 4. Rose from death; returned to life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

exceeding

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Very great, abundant, intense, extensive, or beyond ordinary measure or degree; exceedingly.

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journey

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Sense 1: Travel from one place to another; a course or period of travel. Sense 2: To travel from one place to another.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1AND the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

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2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

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3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.

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4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

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