KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 31:15–16
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Proverbs 31:15
15She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
15Shee riseth also while it is yet night, and giueth meate to her household, and a portion to her maydens.
Proverbs 31:16
16She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
16†She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her handes she planteth a Uineyard.
- Hebr. taketh.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 31:15
Rises; gets up, ascends, comes forth, or begins to act.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A family and those dwelling together in one house; also belonging to the home.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A part, share, or allotment; as a verb, to divide or allot shares.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Unmarried young women or female attendants.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Proverbs 31:16
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considereth
Considers: thinks carefully, attends to, examines, ponders, or weighs consequences.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The produce of a plant; offspring; or the result and effect of conduct, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Orchard of grapes.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604
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From verse 15
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Open the full verse study11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
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Open the full verse study42And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
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Open the full verse study35And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
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Open the full verse study13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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Open the full verse study10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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Open the full verse study15And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
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Open the full verse study1AND Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
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Open the full verse study147I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
148Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
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Open the full verse study25Behold, I have told you before.
From verse 16
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Open the full verse study44¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
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Open the full verse study12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
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Open the full verse study18And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
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