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Nehemiah 4:20

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In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
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  1. Exodus 14:14Rank 1 from verse 20
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    14The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

  2. Deuteronomy 1:30Rank 2 from verse 20
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    30The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

  3. Deuteronomy 20:4Rank 3 from verse 20
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    4For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

  4. Deuteronomy 3:22Rank 4 from verse 20
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    22Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.

  5. Joshua 23:10Rank 5 from verse 20
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    10One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

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Nehemiah 4:20

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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COMBINED MEANING

sound

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Sense 1: Sound: an audible noise, voice, report, or message. Sense 2: As an adjective, healthy, whole, firm, or free from error. Sense 3: As a verb, to make a noise, play or blow an instrument, or give a signal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

resort

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Sense 1: To go, gather, or return habitually to a place or person. Sense 2: As a noun, a place or act of gathering.

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COMBINED MEANING

us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

fight

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Sense 1: A battle, struggle, or contest. Sense 2: As a verb, to contend.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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19¶ And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.

20In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.

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21So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.

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