KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Ruth 4:15–16
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Ruth 4:15
15And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
15And he shalbe vnto thee a restorer of thy life, and a †nourisher of †thine old age: for thy daughter in law which loueth thee, which is better to thee then seuen sonnes, hath borne him.
- Hebr. to nourish.
- Heb. thy gray haires.
Ruth 4:16
16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
16And Naomi tooke the childe, and laid it in her bosome, and became nurse vnto it.
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DEFINED WORDS
Ruth 4:15
One that restores; one that returns what is lost or unjustly detained; one who repairs or re-establishes.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
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The person or thing that nourishes.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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)
A period of life or history; the length or stage of one's life; or a generation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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)
Loves; regards with affection, goodwill, or devoted care.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
More excellent, more fitting, or to a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The number following six and preceding eight.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Ruth 4:16
A son or daughter; a young person; a descendant; or one characterized by a stated relation or quality.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A woman that has the care of infants, or a woman employed to tend the children of others.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study4And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
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Open the full verse study11And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
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Open the full verse study22Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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Open the full verse study11And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
12The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
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Open the full verse study8Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
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Open the full verse study12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
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Open the full verse study24A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
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Open the full verse study16And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
17Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
18When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
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