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And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
Read in context →Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
Read in context →2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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masʼêth · mas-ayth'
properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden)
Strong's KJV usage: burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward.
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 24:6Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 24:9
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a contribution
Strong's KJV usage: :--collection, gathering.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 16:1Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 16:1
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Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
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COLLECTION, noun
1. The act of gathering, or assembling.
2. The body formed by gathering; an assemblage, or assembly; a crowd; as a collection of men.
3. A contribution; a sum collected for a charitable purpose.
Now concerning the collection for the saints. 1 Corinthians 16:1.
4. A gathering, as of matter in an abscess.
5. The act of deducing consequences; reasoning; inference.
6. A corollary; a consectary; a deduction from premises; consequence.
7. A book compiled from other books, by the putting together of parts; a compilation; as a collection of essays or sermons.
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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