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Psalms 17:12
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Psalms 17:12
12Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
12††Like as a lyon that is greedie of his pray, and as it were a yong lyon lurking in secret places.
- Heb. the likeness of him (i. of euery one of them) is as a lion that desireth to rauin.
- Heb. sitting.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 17:12
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
A large, powerful wild cat; figuratively, one fierce or strong.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Having an eager, grasping, or excessive appetite, whether for food, prey, gain, or money.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Booty or spoil taken by force; an animal or person hunted or seized.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Early in life or growth; not mature; also offspring, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Lying concealed; keeping out of sight.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Locations, positions, rooms, occasions, offices, or passages, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 12
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Open the full verse study2Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
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Open the full verse study8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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Open the full verse study9He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
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Open the full verse study17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
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Open the full verse study13They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
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