KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Judges 21:20–21
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Judges 21:20
20Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
20Therefore they commanded the children of Beniamin, saying, Goe and lie in wait in the vineyards.
Judges 21:21
21And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
21And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to daunce in daunces, then come yee out of the vineyards, and catch you euery man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and goe to the land of Beniamin.
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DEFINED WORDS
Judges 21:20
Ordered; directed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To recline, rest, remain, or be situated; also, to speak falsely or a falsehood.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To remain in expectation or readiness; to attend or serve; as a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Orchard of grapes.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Judges 21:21
To perceive with the eyes; to behold, observe, understand, consider, experience, or take heed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To move the body or feet rhythmically, often in joy or celebration; also such movement.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Rhythmic bodily movements, often expressing joy or celebration; or performs such movements.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Orchard of grapes.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To seize, capture, take hold of, or ensnare a person, prey, property, or thing.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study20¶ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
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Open the full verse study34¶ And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
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Open the full verse study13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
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Open the full verse study21And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord.
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Open the full verse study25But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
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Open the full verse study3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
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Open the full verse study4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
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Open the full verse study6And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
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Open the full verse study14And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
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Open the full verse study4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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Open the full verse study17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
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