KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Mark 5:9–10
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Mark 5:9
9And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
9And he asked him, What is thy name? And hee answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Mark 5:10
10And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
10And hee besought him much, that he would not send them away out of the countrey.
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DEFINED WORDS
Mark 5:9
A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Replied or responded; spoke in answer to a person, statement, or situation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A large body of soldiers; by extension, a very great multitude.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A great number; numerous persons or things.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Mark 5:10
To beseech: to ask earnestly, implore, or entreat.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A great quantity or degree; abundant in amount.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 9
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Open the full verse study30And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
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Open the full verse study15And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
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Open the full verse study53Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
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Open the full verse study21When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
22But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
23He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
24When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
25And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
26Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
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Open the full verse study45Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
From verse 10
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Open the full verse study22¶ And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
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Open the full verse study13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
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