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Mark 14:8

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She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
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  1. 2 Corinthians 8:12Rank 1 from verse 8
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    12For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

  2. John 12:7Rank 2 from verse 8
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    7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

  3. 2 Chronicles 31:20–21Rank 3 from verse 8
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    20¶ And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God.

    21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

  4. 2 Corinthians 8:1–3Rank 4 from verse 8
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    1MOREOVER, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;

    2How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

    3For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

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Mark 14:8

COMBINED MEANING

anoint

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To apply oil, ointment, or salve to a person or thing; by anointing, to consecrate, set apart, or appoint to an office or holy use.

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COMBINED MEANING

body

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Sense 1: The material frame of a person or creature. Sense 2: A visible form, mass, or main substance. Sense 3: A unified whole or company composed of members. Sense 4: Substantial reality distinguished from a shadow.

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

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burying

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of bury, meaning to place a dead body in a grave or tomb. Sense 2: To cover or conceal beneath earth or another substance.

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

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7For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

8She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

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9Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

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