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Luke 2:37
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Luke 2:37
37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
37And she was a widow of about fourescore and foure yeeres, which departed not from the Temple, but serued God with fastings and prayers night and day.
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 2:37
A woman whose husband has died.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The number following three and preceding five.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The number following three and preceding five.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Periods of twelve months.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To depart: to leave, go away, withdraw, or die, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A house or place dedicated to divine worship; also the side of the head.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Worked for, attended, obeyed, worshipped, supplied, or fulfilled a purpose.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Periods or acts of abstaining from food.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828
The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
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Open the full verse study6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
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Open the full verse study23And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
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Open the full verse study3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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Open the full verse study4One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.
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Open the full verse study7Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
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Open the full verse study8¶ And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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Open the full verse study33¶ And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
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Open the full verse study1PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord.
2Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God,
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Open the full verse study2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
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Open the full verse study10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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Open the full verse study4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
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Open the full verse study12Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
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Open the full verse study15Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
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Open the full verse study2There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
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Open the full verse study13Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
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