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Luke 21:18

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But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
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  1. Matthew 10:30Rank 1 from verse 18
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    30But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

  2. 1 Samuel 14:45Rank 2 from verse 18
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    45And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

  3. Acts 27:34Rank 3 from verse 18
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    34Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.

  4. Luke 12:7Rank 4 from verse 18
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    7But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

  5. 2 Samuel 14:11Rank 5 from verse 18
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    11Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

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Luke 21:18

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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hair

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A filament growing from the skin, or the collective covering formed by such filaments; sometimes something extremely fine or small.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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head

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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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perish

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Sense 1: Of a living person or creature, to die, be killed, be destroyed, or be lost. Sense 2: Of a thing, condition, plan, thought, or work, to be ruined, decay, fail, vanish, or come to nothing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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17And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.

18But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

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19In your patience possess ye your souls.

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