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Mark 5:17

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And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
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  1. Matthew 8:34Rank 1 from verse 17
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    34And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

  2. Mark 1:24Rank 2 from verse 17
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    24Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

  3. Luke 8:37Rank 3 from verse 17
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    37¶ Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again.

  4. Acts 16:39Rank 4 from verse 17
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    39And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.

  5. Genesis 26:16Rank 5 from verse 17
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    16And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

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Mark 5:17

COMBINED MEANING

began

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Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

pray

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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

depart

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1. To leave, go away, or move from a place or person. 2. To cease to remain, be removed, disappear, or pass away. 3. To turn or separate from a way, practice, allegiance, or relationship. 4. To leave earthly life or this world.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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16And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

17And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.

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18And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.

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