Psalms 37:21
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
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Borroweth
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Psalms 37:21
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
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לָוָה
lâvâh · law-vaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
Strong's KJV usage: abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).
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The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
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borrow
BOR'ROW, verb transitive
1. To take from another by request and consent, with a view to use the thing taken for a time, and return it, or if the thing taken is to be consumed or transferred in the use, then to return an equivalent in kind; as, to borrow a book, a sum of money, or a loaf of bread. It is opposed to lend.
2. To take from another, for one's own use; to copy or select from the writings of another author; as, to borrow a passage from a printed book; to borrow a title.
3. To take or adopt for one's own use, sentiments, principles, doctrines and the like; as, to borrow instruction.
4. To take for use something that belongs to another; to assume, copy or imitate; as, to borrow a shape; to borrow the manners of another, or his style of writing.
BOR'ROW, noun A borrowing; the act of borrowing. [Not used.]
But of your royal presence I'll adventure.
The borrow of a week.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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