KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Psalms 78:27–31
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Psalms 78:27
27He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
27†He rained flesh also vpon them as dust: and feathered soules like as the sand of the sea.
- Hebr. foule of wing.
Psalms 78:28
28And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
28And hee let it fall in the midst of their campe, round about their habitations.
Psalms 78:29
29So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
29So they did eate, & were well filled: for he gaue them their owne desire.
Psalms 78:30
30They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
30*They were not estranged from their lust: but while their meate was yet in their mouthes,
- Num. 11.33.
Psalms 78:31
31The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
31†‖The wrath of God came vpon them, and slew the fattest of them: and smote downe the chosen men of Israel.
- Heb. made to bow.
- Or, yong men.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 78:27
To rain: to fall or pour down in drops like water from the clouds.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The soft substance of the body; also the body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Fine, dry particles of earth; the ground or earth, often as an image of frailty, abasement, or death.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Having feathers or wings.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Birds, especially birds used for food or sacrifice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely; or, as a verb, to please.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 78:28
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To descend, drop, or lose an upright position; to come upon, attack, happen, decline, fail, or be overthrown; as a noun, descent, ruin, or overthrow, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The middle or central part; the position among or surrounded by others.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
habitations
Dwelling places, residences, or places of settled abode.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 78:29
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
In a good, right, or healthy manner or condition; also a deep source of water, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Made full; supplied with abundance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Bestowed, delivered, granted, or caused, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 78:30
Withdrawn; withheld; alienated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Strong desire; especially sinful or fleshly desire.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · 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)
DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 78:31
Intense anger or indignation; also judgment or punishment proceeding from such anger.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Most fat, rich, abundant, or well-fed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Struck, beat, wounded, afflicted, or slew.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Selected, preferred, or appointed from among others.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 27
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Open the full verse study12I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
13And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
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Open the full verse study18And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
19Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
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Open the full verse study32And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
From verse 29
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Open the full verse study19Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
20But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
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Open the full verse study15And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
From verse 30
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Open the full verse study33And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
34And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
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Open the full verse study19¶ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
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Open the full verse study20And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
21And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
22¶ And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
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Open the full verse study32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
From verse 31
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Open the full verse study16Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
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