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Decline

Decline (1): de-klin' TOTOT(O@cur], or sur, naTah): In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times in its original sense (now obsolete) of "turn aside." the Revised Version (British and American) substitut...

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Decline (1):

de-klin' TOTOT(O@cur], or sur, naTah): In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times in its original sense (now obsolete) of "turn aside." the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "turn aside" in Exo 23:2, Deu 17:11, 2Ch 34:2, Job 23:11. In Psa 102:11, Psa 109:23, the lengthening shadows of afternoon are said to "decline," and the Revised Version (British and American) introduces the word in the same general sense in Jdg 19:8, 2Ki 20:10, Jer 6:4. See AFTERNOON.

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de-klin' TOTOT(O@cur], or sur, naTah): In the King James Version this word occurs 9 times in its original sense (now obsolete) of "turn aside." the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "turn aside" in Exo 23:2, Deu 17:11, 2Ch 34:2, Job 23:11. In Psa 102:11, Psa 109:23, the lengthening shadows of afternoon are said to "decline," and the Revised Version (British and American) introduces the word in the same general sense in Jdg 19:8, 2Ki 20:10, Jer 6:4. See AFTERNOON.

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