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Psalms 88:18
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Psalms 88:18
18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
18Louer and friend hast thou put farre from me: and mine acquaintance into darkenesse.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 88:18
A close friend.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
One joined to another by affection, goodwill, or alliance; to support or befriend.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
acquaintance
Persons known to someone; familiar associates.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 18
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Open the full verse study8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
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Open the full verse study11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
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Open the full verse study12His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
13He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
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Open the full verse study11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
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