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Psalms 78:2
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Psalms 78:2
2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
2*I will open my mouth in a parable: I wil vtter darke sayings of old:
- Psal.49.5. matth. 13.35.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 78:2
Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest; as a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The opening used for eating and speaking; also an opening, edge, command, or testimony by extension.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A comparison or earthly account used to set forth a truth.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To speak, declare, or make known; also outermost or complete, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Destitute of light; obscure. Obscure; concealed; secret; not understood. Darkness; obscurity; the absence of light. Obscurity; a state of ignorance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Advanced in age; having existed a long time; former or belonging to an earlier time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study34All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
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Open the full verse study34But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
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Open the full verse study11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
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Open the full verse study4I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
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Open the full verse study6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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