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Luke 12:16
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Luke 12:16
16And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
16And he spake a parable vnto them, saying, The ground of a certaine rich man brought foorth plentifully.
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 12:16
A comparison or earthly account used to set forth a truth.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The earth or soil; a foundation, basis, or reason; also to establish firmly.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Sure, definite, established, or particular though not specifically named, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · 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)
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
plentifully
Copiously; abundantly; with ample supply.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.
13And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
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Open the full verse study47And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
49And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
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Open the full verse study8For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
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Open the full verse study6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
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Open the full verse study12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
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Open the full verse study3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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Open the full verse study17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
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Open the full verse study45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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