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Luke 21:20
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Luke 21:20
20And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
20*And when yee shall see Hierusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
- Matth. 24.15.
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DEFINED WORDS
Luke 21:20
To perceive with the eyes; to behold, observe, understand, consider, experience, or take heed, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To go all round or all over; Circumference, circuit.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
desolation
Utter ruin, destruction, or a state left waste and uninhabited.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Near in place, time, or circumstance; almost.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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Open the full verse study43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
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Open the full verse study27And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
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Open the full verse study14¶ But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judæa flee to the mountains:
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Open the full verse study7And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
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Open the full verse study15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
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