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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
strengthen .
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Examples
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But English Version gives a good sense: "strengtheneth"; that is, rears to maturity; a meaning suitable also to the context of Ps 80: 15, 17, where Israel is compared to a vine planted by Jehovah [Maurer]. rain doth nourish it -- Though the man planted the tree, yet he could not make it grow.
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“Verily on this holy men Allah looketh with eyes of His favour and strengtheneth my prowess against the Infidels with the purity of his pious intent: for I see that they fear me and cannot prevail against me, but every one who assaileth me turneth tail and taketh flight.”
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No believer can claim to be powerless: "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" Philip 4:13.
"First the fruit, now the vegetable..." Fathorse 2008
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For in bodies, union strengtheneth and cherisheth any natural action; and on the other side, weakeneth and dulleth any violent impression: and even so it is of minds.
The Essays 2007
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For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
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Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
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I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
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He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
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And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
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She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
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