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Mark 4:27–28

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Mark 4:27

27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

Mark 4:28

28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

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DEFINED WORDS

Mark 4:27

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

sleep

To rest in natural sleep; by figure, to be inactive or dead and at rest.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

rise

To get up, ascend, appear, increase, begin, or come forth from rest or death.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

day

The period of light between morning and evening; a complete daily cycle; or a specified time, age, or season, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

grow

To come forward; to advance.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)

DEFINED WORDS

Mark 4:28

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

earth

The ground or dry land; the world or inhabited realm; or a country and its people, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

fruit

The produce of a plant; offspring; or the result and effect of conduct, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

first

Before all others in time, place, order, rank, or importance; the beginning or earliest.

Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

blade

The cutting part of a tool or weapon; also the leaf or stalk of a plant.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

APPROVED COMBINED MEANING

after

Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.

Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)

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From verse 27

  1. Ecclesiastes 11:5
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  2. 2 Thessalonians 1:3
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  3. 1 Corinthians 15:37–38
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  4. Ecclesiastes 8:17
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  5. 2 Peter 3:18
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From verse 28

  1. Philippians 1:9–11
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  2. Hosea 6:3
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  3. Mark 4:31–32
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  4. 1 Thessalonians 3:12–13
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  5. Colossians 1:10
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