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Luke 4:25 KJV
Luke · chapter 4 · verse 25 · King James Version
But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;Luke 4:25 · King James Version
Luke 4:25 in context
23And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
24And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
25But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
26But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
27And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Key words (Strong's)
- widowschēraa widow, metaph. a city stripped of its inhabitants and riches is represented under the…G5503 →
- IsraelisraēlIsrael = " he shall be a prince of God" , the name given to the patriarch Jacob…G2474 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- truthalētheiaobjectively, what is true in any matter under consideration, truly, in truth, according…G225 →
- EliasēliasElijah = " my God is Jehovah" , a prophet born at Thisbe, the unflinching…G2243 →
- threetreisthreeG5140 →
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