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Mark 12:39
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Mark 12:39
39And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
39And the chiefe seates in the Synagogues, and the vppermost roomes at feasts:
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Mark 12:39
Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The place of sitting; throne; chair of state; tribunal; post of authority. That on which one sits: a chair, bench, stool or any other thing on which a person sits.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
synagogues
Jewish assemblies or the places where such assemblies meet.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Highest in place, rank, or position.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Festival meals or appointed times of celebration and worship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 39
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Open the full verse study2For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
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