KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Luke 17:7–9
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Luke 17:7
7But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
7But which of you hauing a seruant plowing, or feeding cattell, will say vnto him by & by when he is come from the field, Goe and sit downe to meate?
Luke 17:8
8And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
8And will not rather say vnto him, Make ready wherewith I may suppe, and gird thy selfe, and serue me, till I haue eaten and drunken: and afterward thou shalt eate and drinke.
Luke 17:9
9Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
9Doeth he thanke that seruant, because hee did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 17:7
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Possessing; holding in power or possession; containing; gaining; receiving; taking.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Turning up with a plow; furrowing.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Giving or taking food; nourishing, tending, grazing, or supplying what sustains.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Luke 17:8
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To prepare or make ready.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
In, at, or to what place; in the place or circumstance in which.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To eat an evening meal; also, to drink or sip.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To fasten around the body with a belt or girdle; figuratively, to equip or prepare.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Until a stated time or event; also to cultivate the ground.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Chewed and swallowed; also consumed or corroded.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Intoxicated with strong drink; overcome or affected as by intoxication, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
At a later or subsequent time; afterward or subsequently.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Luke 17:9
To express gratitude for a favor; to make acknowledgments to one for kindness bestowed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Ordered; directed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To think, suppose, or believe.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 7
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Open the full verse study11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
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Open the full verse study15The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
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Open the full verse study5And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
From verse 8
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Open the full verse study37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
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Open the full verse study16And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
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Open the full verse study20Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
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