Proverbs 30:28–29
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings palaces.
There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
There be three things which goe well, yea foure are comely in going:
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Proverbs 30:28
A small creature that takes hold with its hands.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references
Third-person singular present form of take: receives, seizes, carries, accepts, chooses, or lays hold of.
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Sense 1: To grasp, seize, cling to, carry, wield, support, or keep fast, literally or figuratively. Sense 2: To keep, retain, possess, maintain, continue in, or adhere to. Sense 3: To restrain, confine, or keep back; to contain or have capacity. Sense 4: To regard, account, or judge. Sense 5: To conduct or celebrate an observance. Sense 6: To endure, prevail, or take effect. Sense 7: In hold one's peace or hold one's tongue, to remain silent. Sense 8: As a noun, a grasp or attachment; a place of confinement, refuge, security, or fortification.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
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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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Proverbs 30:29
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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1. In a good, right, or sound manner. 2. A source of water.
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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.
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1. Fair, beautiful, graceful, or pleasing in appearance. 2. Becoming, fitting, or proper.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
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
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27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
27†The locustes haue no king, yet goe they forth all of them by bands.
28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
28The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings palaces.
Selected passage29There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
29There be three things which goe well, yea foure are comely in going:
Selected passage30A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
30A lyon which is strongest among beastes, and turneth not away for any: