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Luke 8:52

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And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
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  1. John 11:4Rank 1 from verse 52
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    4When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

  2. Luke 23:27Rank 2 from verse 52
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    27¶ And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.

  3. 2 Samuel 18:33Rank 3 from verse 52
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    33¶ And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

  4. Exodus 24:17Rank 4 from verse 52
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    17And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

  5. Genesis 23:2Rank 5 from verse 52
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    2And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

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Luke 8:52

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

weep

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To shed tears or lament in grief, sorrow, compassion, repentance, joy, or other deep feeling.

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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sleepeth

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Sense 1: Third-person singular present form of sleep, meaning to rest in sleep. Sense 2: Figuratively, to lie in death.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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8:49¶ While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.

8:50But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.

8:51And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.

8:52And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

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8:53And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

8:54And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise.

8:55And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.

8:56And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done.

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