KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Ruth 3:3–6
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Ruth 3:3
3Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
3Wash thy selfe therefore, and annoint thee, and put thy raiment vpon thee, and get thee downe to the floore: but make not thy selfe knowen vnto the man, vntill hee shall haue done eating and drinking.
Ruth 3:4
4And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
4And it shall be when hee lieth downe, that thou shalt marke the place where hee shall lie, and thou shalt goe in, and ‖vncouer his feete, and lay thee downe, and he will tell thee what thou shalt doe.
- Or, lift vp the clothes that are on his feete.
Ruth 3:5
5And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
5And shee said vnto her, All that thou sayest vnto me, I will doe.
Ruth 3:6
6¶ And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
6¶ And she went downe vnto the floore, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ruth 3:3
To cleanse with water or another liquid; to bathe or cause water to pass over.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To apply oil to a person or thing, often as an act of appointment, consecration, honour, or care.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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)
To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of, by almost any means.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A level surface underfoot; especially a threshing floor where grain is separated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To cause to become the stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Recognized, understood, perceived, acknowledged, or made evident.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Performed; executed; finished; a word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Chewing and swallowing; consuming; corroding.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
DEFINED WORDS
Ruth 3:4
Lies: reclines, rests, remains, or is situated; or speaks falsely, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A visible sign or impression; as a verb, to notice, designate, or set a sign upon.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A location, position, room, occasion, office, or passage, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To recline, rest, remain, or be situated; also, to speak falsely or a falsehood.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Place or set down; also rested or remained in a recumbent position, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To speak, relate, count, declare, inform, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Ruth 3:5
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Say: speak, declare, tell, or express.
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Ruth 3:6
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A level surface underfoot; especially a threshing floor where grain is separated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Agreeing or corresponding; in conformity with; as stated, measured, or directed by.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A female parent; figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A rule, command, or body of commands established by authority; especially God's commandments or the law given through Moses, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Commanded, directed, invited, or told to do something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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Open the full verse study9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
10But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
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Open the full verse study1NOW it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
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Open the full verse study8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
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Open the full verse study17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
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Open the full verse study15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
From verse 4
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Open the full verse study22Abstain from all appearance of evil.
From verse 5
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Open the full verse study20Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
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Open the full verse study1CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
From verse 6
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Open the full verse study5His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
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Open the full verse study8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Open the full verse study12¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
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Open the full verse study14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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