KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Judges 16:3–4
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Judges 16:3
3And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.
3And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and tooke the doores of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, †barre and all, and put them vpon his shoulders, and caried them vp to the toppe of an hill that is before Hebron.
- Heb. with the barre.
Judges 16:4
4¶ And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
4¶ And it came to passe afterward, that he loued a woman in the valley ‖of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
- Or, by the brooke.
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DEFINED WORDS
Judges 16:3
Place or set down; also rested or remained in a recumbent position, according to context.
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Until a stated time or event; also to cultivate the ground.
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The middle of the night, conventionally about twelve o'clock at night.
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Rose; stood up, came forth, or began to act.
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The number equal to one and one.
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Upright supports or doorposts; also messengers or couriers sent swiftly.
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A solid crosspiece used to fasten, carry, obstruct, or strengthen.
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Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The upper joints and parts of the body between the neck and arms; figures of bearing or supporting a load.
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To carry: to bear, convey, support, or take from one place to another.
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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Judges 16:4
To go by, through, over, or beyond; to happen, cease, or be transferred.
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At a later or subsequent time; afterward or subsequently.
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Having the affection of any one.
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Low ground between hills or mountains, often watered by a stream.
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A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
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From verse 3
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Open the full verse study24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
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Open the full verse study16For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
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Open the full verse study1WHO is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
2Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
3I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
4For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
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Open the full verse study13The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.
From verse 4
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Open the full verse study14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
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Open the full verse study6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
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Open the full verse study27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
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Open the full verse study1BUT king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
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Open the full verse study26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
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Open the full verse study11As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
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Open the full verse study22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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