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Proverbs 31:17
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Proverbs 31:17
17She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
17She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.
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Proverbs 31:17
To fasten around the body with a belt or girdle; figuratively, to equip or prepare.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
Power, force, firmness, ability, endurance, or that which gives support.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study3Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
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Open the full verse study13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
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Open the full verse study10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
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Open the full verse study46And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
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Open the full verse study14Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
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Open the full verse study35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
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Open the full verse study29Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
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Open the full verse study12The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
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Open the full verse study24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
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Open the full verse study15Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
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