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Romans 16:6

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Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.
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  1. 1 Timothy 5:10Rank 1 from verse 6
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    10Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.

  2. Matthew 27:55Rank 2 from verse 6
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    55And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:

  3. Romans 16:12Rank 3 from verse 6
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    12Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

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Romans 16:6

COMBINED MEANING

greet

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To salute, welcome, address kindly, or send expressions of goodwill.

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COMBINED MEANING

bestowed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of bestow. Sense 1: To give or confer upon. Sense 2: To expend or apply for a purpose. Sense 3: To place or store.

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

COMBINED MEANING

labour

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1. Work, toil, effort, exertion, service, or the product of work. 2. Weariness or trouble. 3. Travail in childbirth. 4. To work, strive, serve, or exert oneself.

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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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.

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5Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epænetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

6Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

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7Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

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