KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Judges 15:1–3
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Judges 15:1
1BUT it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.
1¶ But it came to passe within a while after, in the time of wheat haruest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid, and he said, I will goe in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to goe in.
Judges 15:2
2And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
2And her father saide, I verily thought that thou haddest vtterly hated her, therfore I gaue her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer then she? †take her, I pray thee, in stead of her.
- Heb. let her be thine.
Judges 15:3
3¶ And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
3¶ And Samson said concerning them, ‖Now shal I be more blamelesse then the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.
- Or, now shall I bee blamelesse from the Philistines, though, &c.
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DEFINED WORDS
Judges 15:1
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A grain-bearing plant and its seed, commonly ground into flour for bread.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Waited on; attended; inspected; subjected to sufferings; favored with relief or mercy.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
An apartment in an upper story, or in a story above the lower floor of a dwelling house; often used as a lodging room.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To bear, undergo, or endure pain, loss, or hardship; also to allow or permit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Judges 15:2
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Truly; certainly; in truth or fact.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Anxiety or excessive care; 'take thought' means to be anxious.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Had; possessed, held, received, or experienced.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Greatly disliked.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Bestowed, delivered, granted, or caused, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
One who accompanies, associates, or shares the stated work, condition, or relationship with another.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Not so old as another; less advanced in age.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 (facsimile-linked witness) · Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 1890 (occurrence-specific) · KJV usage (PCE)
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
In the place or room of another.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Judges 15:3
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
concerning
Regarding, relating to, or about.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Without fault or a valid ground for censure in the matter described.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
displeasure
Some irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by any thing that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice and a sense of propriety.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study17And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
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Open the full verse study21¶ And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
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Open the full verse study29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
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Open the full verse study4There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
From verse 2
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Open the full verse study20But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
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Open the full verse study14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
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Open the full verse study16And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
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Open the full verse study9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
From verse 3
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Open the full verse study15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?
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