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Luke 12:23
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Luke 12:23
23The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
23The life is more then meate, and the body is more then raiment.
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 12:23
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A physical body; a corpse; or an organized whole composed of members, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study6And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
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Open the full verse study8The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
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Open the full verse study4And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
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Open the full verse study18And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
19And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
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Open the full verse study12And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study17¶ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
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Open the full verse study38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
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