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Psalms 2:2–5

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The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
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From verse 2

  1. Matthew 26:59Rank 1 from verse 2
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    59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

  2. Matthew 27:1Rank 2 from verse 2
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    1WHEN the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

  3. Revelation 17:12–14Rank 3 from verse 2
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    12And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

    13These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

    14These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

  4. Luke 23:11–12Rank 4 from verse 2
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    11And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.

    12¶ And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.

  5. Psalms 45:7Rank 5 from verse 2
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    7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

  6. Acts 10:38Rank 6 from verse 2
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    38How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

  7. Proverbs 21:30Rank 7 from verse 2
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    30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

  8. John 1:41Rank 8 from verse 2
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    41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

  9. Psalms 48:4Rank 9 from verse 2
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    4For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

  10. Psalms 2:10Rank 10 from verse 2
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    10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

  11. Psalms 74:23Rank 11 from verse 2
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    23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

  12. Acts 12:1–6Rank 12 from verse 2
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    1NOW about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

    2And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

    3And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

    4And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

    5Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

    6And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

  13. Exodus 16:7Rank 13 from verse 2
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    7And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?

  14. Hebrews 1:9Rank 14 from verse 2
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    9Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

  15. John 3:34Rank 15 from verse 2
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    34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

  16. Psalms 74:18Rank 16 from verse 2
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    18Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

  17. Psalms 89:20Rank 17 from verse 2
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    20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:

  18. Acts 9:4Rank 18 from verse 2
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    4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

  19. Isaiah 61:1Rank 19 from verse 2
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    1THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

  20. John 15:23Rank 20 from verse 2
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    23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

  21. Luke 13:31Rank 21 from verse 2
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    31¶ The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

  22. Matthew 2:16Rank 22 from verse 2
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    16¶ Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

  23. Psalms 110:5Rank 23 from verse 2
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    5The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

  24. Acts 4:5–8Rank 24 from verse 2
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    5¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

    6And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

    7And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

    8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

  25. Matthew 26:3Rank 25 from verse 2
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    3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

From verse 3

  1. Jeremiah 5:5Rank 1 from verse 3
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    5I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

  2. Luke 19:14Rank 2 from verse 3
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    14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

  3. 1 Peter 2:7–8Rank 3 from verse 3
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    7Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,

    8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

  4. Luke 19:27Rank 4 from verse 3
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    27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

From verse 4

  1. Psalms 37:13Rank 1 from verse 4
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    13The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

  2. Psalms 59:8Rank 2 from verse 4
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    8But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.

  3. Proverbs 1:26Rank 3 from verse 4
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    26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

  4. Isaiah 40:22Rank 4 from verse 4
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    22It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:

  5. Psalms 11:4Rank 5 from verse 4
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    4The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

  6. Isaiah 57:15Rank 6 from verse 4
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    15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

  7. Psalms 115:3Rank 7 from verse 4
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    3But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

  8. Psalms 53:5Rank 8 from verse 4
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    5There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

  9. Psalms 68:33Rank 9 from verse 4
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    33To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

  10. Isaiah 66:1Rank 10 from verse 4
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    1THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

  11. 2 Kings 19:21Rank 11 from verse 4
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    21This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

From verse 5

  1. Isaiah 11:4Rank 1 from verse 5
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    4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

  2. Revelation 19:15Rank 2 from verse 5
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    15And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

  3. Psalms 110:5–6Rank 3 from verse 5
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    5The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

    6He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

  4. Psalms 21:9Rank 4 from verse 5
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    9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

  5. Psalms 78:49–50Rank 5 from verse 5
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    49He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

    50He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

  6. Luke 19:27Rank 6 from verse 5
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    27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

  7. Isaiah 66:6Rank 7 from verse 5
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    6A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies.

  8. Zechariah 1:15Rank 8 from verse 5
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    15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

  9. Luke 19:43–44Rank 9 from verse 5
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    43For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

    44And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

  10. Matthew 22:7Rank 10 from verse 5
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    7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

  11. Matthew 23:33–36Rank 11 from verse 5
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    33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

    34¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

    35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

    36Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

  12. Psalms 50:16–22Rank 12 from verse 5
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    16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

    17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

    18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

    20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

    21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

    22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

  13. Revelation 1:16Rank 13 from verse 5
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    16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

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Psalms 2:2

COMBINED MEANING

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

COMBINED MEANING

set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

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

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

counsel

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1. A purpose, plan, design, or settled decision. 2. Advice, guidance, or direction. 3. Wisdom, judgment, or understanding for determining a course. 4. As a verb, to advise, direct, or recommend a course.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

anointed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of anoint, meaning to apply oil, ointment, or salve to a person or thing; by anointing, to consecrate, set apart, or appoint to an office or holy use.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 2:3

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

break

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1. To separate, fracture, burst, or open. 2. To interrupt or violate. 3. To subdue. 4. To burst forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

bands

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1. Groups or companies, especially of soldiers or raiders. 2. Bonds, cords, restraints, or ties that bind or join.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

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

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 2:4

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

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

laugh

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Sense 1: To express mirth, joy, or gladness by laughter. Sense 2: To laugh at in mockery, scorn, or derision.

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

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

derision

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Mocking, ridicule, or scorn, especially as expressed by laughter.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 2:5

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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

COMBINED MEANING

speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · 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

wrath

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Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

vex

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To trouble, distress, afflict, harass, or oppress.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

sore

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Sense 1: Painful, grievous, severe, or causing distress. Sense 2: Greatly, exceedingly, or intensely. Sense 3: A wound, ulcer, or tender or diseased place.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

displeasure

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Some irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by any thing that counteracts desire or command, or which opposes justice and a sense of propriety.

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

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2:1WHY do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

2:2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

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2:3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

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2:4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

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2:5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

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2:6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

2:7I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

2:8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

2:9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

2:10Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

2:11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

2:12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

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