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Philippians 2:8–9

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And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
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From verse 8

  1. John 10:18Rank 1 from verse 8
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    18No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

  2. Hebrews 12:2Rank 2 from verse 8
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    2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  3. Romans 5:19Rank 3 from verse 8
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    19For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

  4. 1 Peter 2:24Rank 4 from verse 8
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    24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

  5. 1 Peter 3:18Rank 5 from verse 8
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    18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

  6. 2 Corinthians 8:9Rank 6 from verse 8
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    9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

  7. Matthew 26:39Rank 7 from verse 8
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    39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

  8. Acts 8:33Rank 8 from verse 8
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    33In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

  9. Galatians 3:13Rank 9 from verse 8
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    13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

  10. Titus 2:14Rank 10 from verse 8
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    14Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  11. Hebrews 5:5–9Rank 11 from verse 8
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    5So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.

    6As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

    7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

    8Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

    9And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

  12. Isaiah 50:5–6Rank 12 from verse 8
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    5¶ The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

    6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

  13. John 14:31Rank 13 from verse 8
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    31But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

  14. Proverbs 15:33Rank 14 from verse 8
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    33The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

  15. Psalms 40:6–8Rank 15 from verse 8
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    6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

    7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

    8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

  16. John 12:28–32Rank 16 from verse 8
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    28Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

    29The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

    30Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

    31Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

    32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

  17. John 15:10Rank 17 from verse 8
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    10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

  18. Matthew 26:42Rank 18 from verse 8
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    42He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

  19. Hebrews 10:7–9Rank 19 from verse 8
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    7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

    8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

    9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

  20. Psalms 22:16Rank 20 from verse 8
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    16For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

  21. Deuteronomy 21:23Rank 21 from verse 8
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    23His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

  22. John 4:34Rank 22 from verse 8
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    34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

  23. Mark 9:2–3Rank 23 from verse 8
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    2¶ And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

    3And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

  24. Matthew 17:2Rank 24 from verse 8
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    2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

  25. Luke 9:29Rank 25 from verse 8
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    29And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.

From verse 9

  1. Revelation 19:16Rank 1 from verse 9
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    16And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

  2. Matthew 28:18Rank 2 from verse 9
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    18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

  3. 1 Peter 3:22Rank 3 from verse 9
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    22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

  4. Hebrews 2:9Rank 4 from verse 9
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    9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

  5. Isaiah 52:13Rank 5 from verse 9
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    13¶ Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

  6. Ephesians 1:20–23Rank 6 from verse 9
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    20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

    21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

    22And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,

    23Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

  7. Daniel 7:14Rank 7 from verse 9
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    14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

  8. Revelation 5:12Rank 8 from verse 9
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    12Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

  9. Hebrews 1:4Rank 9 from verse 9
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    4Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

  10. Psalms 89:27Rank 10 from verse 9
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    27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

  11. Psalms 72:17–19Rank 11 from verse 9
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    17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.

    18Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

    19And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

  12. Hebrews 12:2Rank 12 from verse 9
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    2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  13. Isaiah 53:12Rank 13 from verse 9
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    12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

  14. John 17:5Rank 14 from verse 9
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    5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

  15. Psalms 110:1Rank 15 from verse 9
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    1THE Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

  16. John 17:1–3Rank 16 from verse 9
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    1THESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

    2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

    3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

  17. John 5:22–27Rank 17 from verse 9
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    22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

    23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

    24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

    25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

    26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

    27And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

  18. Acts 2:32–36Rank 18 from verse 9
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    32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

    33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

    34For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

    35Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

    36Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

  19. Psalms 110:5Rank 19 from verse 9
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    5The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

  20. Psalms 91:14Rank 20 from verse 9
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    14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

  21. John 3:35–36Rank 21 from verse 9
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    35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

    36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

  22. Luke 10:22Rank 22 from verse 9
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    22All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

  23. Revelation 3:21Rank 23 from verse 9
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    21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

  24. Acts 5:31Rank 24 from verse 9
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    31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

  25. Colossians 1:18Rank 25 from verse 9
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    18And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

  26. Genesis 3:15Rank 26 from verse 9
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    15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

  27. Isaiah 9:7Rank 27 from verse 9
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    7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

  28. Psalms 2:6–12Rank 28 from verse 9
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    6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

    7I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

    8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

    9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

    10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

    11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

    12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

  29. Psalms 45:6–7Rank 29 from verse 9
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    6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

    7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

  30. Revelation 11:15Rank 30 from verse 9
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    15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

  31. 2 Peter 1:17Rank 31 from verse 9
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    17For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  32. John 13:3Rank 32 from verse 9
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    3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;

  33. Matthew 11:27Rank 33 from verse 9
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    27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

  34. Psalms 69:29–30Rank 34 from verse 9
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    29But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

    30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

  35. Psalms 8:5–8Rank 35 from verse 9
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    5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

    6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

    7All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

    8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

  36. Revelation 1:5Rank 36 from verse 9
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    5And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

  37. 1 Corinthians 15:24–27Rank 37 from verse 9
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    24Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

    25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.

    26The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

    27For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.

  38. Daniel 2:44–45Rank 38 from verse 9
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    44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

    45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

  39. Isaiah 49:6–8Rank 39 from verse 9
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    6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

    7Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

    8Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

  40. Romans 14:9–11Rank 40 from verse 9
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    9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

    10But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

    11For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

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Philippians 2:8

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.

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fashion

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Form, shape, design, pattern, appearance, manner, or arrangement; to form, shape, make, or prepare according to a design or likeness.

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COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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obedient

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Yielding, submitting, or acting according to a command or authority.

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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cross

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Sense 1: An instrument of execution formed of two pieces of timber crossing each other, used for crucifixion. Sense 2: By reference to Christ, his crucifixion and death upon it. Sense 3: A burden of suffering or self-denial borne in following Christ.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Philippians 2:9

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wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

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highly

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In a high degree; greatly, honourably, or at an elevated rank.

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exalted

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Raised, lifted up, set on high, promoted, honoured, magnified, praised, or increased in position, power, safety, expression, or estimation.

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name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

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

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

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2:1IF there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

2:2Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

2:4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

2:5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

2:6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

2:7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

2:8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

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2:9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

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2:10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

2:11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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