KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 8:2–3
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Proverbs 8:2
2She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
2Shee standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the pathes.
Proverbs 8:3
3She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
3She cryeth at the gates, at the entrie of the citie, at the comming in at the doores.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 8:2
Stands: is upright, remains, endures, takes a position, or presents itself.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Raised or far above; great in height, rank, degree, or importance; as an adverb, greatly or aloft.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Locations, positions, rooms, occasions, offices, or passages, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Ways, tracks, or courses followed in travel or conduct.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 8:3
The act or place of entering; entrance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The act of approaching or arriving.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 2
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Open the full verse study14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
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Open the full verse study3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
From verse 3
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Open the full verse study7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
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Open the full verse study20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.
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Open the full verse study20Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
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Open the full verse study21So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
22And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
23And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
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Open the full verse study9Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
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