KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Judges 3:23–26
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Judges 3:23
23Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
23Then Ehud went forth through the porche, and shut the doores of the parlour vpon him, and locked them.
Judges 3:24
24When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber.
24When he was gone out, his seruants came, and when they saw, that behold, the doores of the parlour were locked, they said, Surely he ‖couereth his feet in his Summer chamber.
- Or, doth his easement.
Judges 3:25
25And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
25And they taried till they were ashamed: and behold, he opened not the doores of the parlour, therefore they tooke a key, and opened them: and behold, their lord was fallen downe dead on the earth.
Judges 3:26
26And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
26And Ehud escaped while they taried: and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped vnto Seirath.
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DEFINED WORDS
Judges 3:23
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To close, fasten, or exclude; to become closed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Made fast by a lock; furnished with a lock or locks; closely embraced.
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Judges 3:24
Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
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Made fast by a lock; furnished with a lock or locks; closely embraced.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A room or house used for comfort during the warm season.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
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 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Judges 3:25
To stay, remain, wait, or delay.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Until a stated time or event; also to cultivate the ground.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
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Made open, uncovered, unsealed, revealed, or made accessible.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
An instrument for opening a lock; figuratively, authority or means of access.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Having fallen; descended, dropped, been overthrown, or come into a lower state.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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Without life; deprived of life; also lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
DEFINED WORDS
Judges 3:26
Got free, fled, avoided danger, or passed without harm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To stay, remain, wait, or delay.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Enacted; having received all the formalities necessary to constitute a law.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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