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Psalms 139:15

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My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
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  1. Ecclesiastes 11:5Rank 1 from verse 15
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    5As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

  2. Psalms 139:13Rank 2 from verse 15
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    13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

  3. Job 10:8–11Rank 3 from verse 15
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    8Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

    9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

    10Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

    11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.

  4. Psalms 63:9Rank 4 from verse 15
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    9But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

  5. Ephesians 4:9Rank 5 from verse 15
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    9(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

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Psalms 139:15

COMBINED MEANING

hid

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Put, kept, or placed out of sight, knowledge, discovery, understanding, or danger; concealed, secret, covered, or withheld from perception.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

secret

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1. Hidden, concealed, private, or not openly known. 2. A hidden matter, counsel, or mystery.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

wrought

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Worked, laboured, acted, made, formed, fashioned, performed, produced, or brought about.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

parts

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Sense 1: Portions or divisions of a whole. Sense 2: Divides, separates, departs, or assigns shares.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

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16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

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