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Lexicon :: Strong's H1755 - dôr

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דּוֹר
Transliteration
dôr
Pronunciation
dore
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 418b

Strong’s Definitions

דּוֹר dôwr, dore; or (shortened) דֹּר dôr; from H1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling:—age, × evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x

The KJV translates Strong's H1755 in the following manner: generation (133x), all (18x), many (6x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 167x
The KJV translates Strong's H1755 in the following manner: generation (133x), all (18x), many (6x), miscellaneous (10x).

  1. period, generation, habitation, dwelling

    1. period, age, generation (period of time)

    2. generation (those living during a period)

    3. generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men)

    4. dwelling-place, habitation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דּוֹר dôwr, dore; or (shortened) דֹּר dôr; from H1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling:—age, × evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.
STRONGS H1755: Abbreviations
† I. דּוֺר, דֹּר noun masculineDeuteronomy 32:5 period, generation, dwelling (compare below verb above; also Late Hebrew דּוֺר, Aramaic (included Biblical Aramaic) H1859 דָּר, RxD, age, generation; Arabic دَوْرً gyrus, orbis, periodus; Sabean דר, one time, once, דרם דרם each once in a year DHM in MV) — absolute דּוֺר Genesis 7:1 + 68 times; דֹּר Exodus 3:15; + 36 times; construct דּוֺר Deuteronomy 32:20 + 7 times, דֹּר Exodus 3:15; suffix דּוֺרִי Isaiah 38:12, דּוֺרוֺ Isaiah 53:8; plural דּוֺרִים Psalm 72:5 + 2 times, דֹּרוֺת absolute Job 42:16; Isaiah 41:4; construct Judges 3:2; דּוֺרוֺת construct Isaiah 51:9, דֹּרֹת Genesis 9:12; suffix דֹּרֹתָיו Genesis 6:9; Leviticus 25:30, דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ Joshua 22:27, דֹּרֹתֵינוּ Joshua 22:28, דּרֹתֵיכֶם Genesis 17:12 + 27 times, דֹּרֹתָם Genesis 17:7 + 10 times; —
1. period, age, generation, mostly poetic:
a. of duration in the past, former age(s) דּוֺרוֺת עוֺלָמִים Isaiah 51:9 (|| קדם ימי); שְׁנוֺת דֹּר וָדֹר Deuteronomy 32:7 (song; || ימות עולם); בְּדֹר וָדֹר Psalm 90:1 (compare Psalm 90:2); מוֺסְדֵי דּוֺרוָֿדוֺר Isaiah 58:12 (|| חרבות עולם); שֹׁמֲמוֺת דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isaiah 61:4 (|| id.)
b. usually of duration to come, future age(s), לְדֹר דֹּר Exodus 3:15 (E; || לעולם) compare Proverbs 27:24 Kt (Qr לְדוֺר וָדוֺר; || id.); מִדֹּר דֹּר Exodus 17:16 (E), = מִדּוֺר לָדוֺר Isaiah 34:10; לְדֹר וָדֹר Psalm 10:6; Psalm 33:11 (|| לעולם) Psalm 49:12; Psalm 79:13; Psalm 85:6; Psalm 102:13; Psalm 119:90; Psalm 135:13; Psalm 146:10; Joel 4:20 (all || id.); Psalm 89:2 (|| עולם) Psalm 89:5 (|| עדעֿולם) Psalm 106:31 (|| id.) Isaiah 34:17 (|| id.); Psalm 77:9 (|| לנצח); עַדדֹּֿר וָדֹר Psalm 100:5 (|| לעולם) Isaiah 13:20 (|| לנצח) Jeremiah 50:39 (|| id.); בְּכָלדֹּֿר וָדֹר Jeremiah 45:18 (|| לעולם ועד) compare Esther 9:28; שְׁנוֺתָיו כְּמוֺ דֹר וָדֹר Psalm 61:7 compare שְׁנֵי דּוֺר וָדוֺר Joel 2:2 (|| העולם); as modifying phrase מְשׂוֺשׂ דּוֺר וָדוֺר Isaiah 60:15 (|| נאון עולם); further דּוֺר דּוֺרִים Psalm 72:5; יְשׁוּעָתִי לְדוֺר דּוֺרִים Isaiah 51:8 (|| לעולם).
c. apparently including both past and future בְּדוֺר דּוֺרִים שְׁנוֺתֶיךָ Psalm 102:25; בְּכָל דּוֺר וָדֹר Psalm 145:13; לְדוֺר וָדוֺר Lamentations 5:19.
2. of men living at a particular time (period, age), generation, as transitory דּוֺר הֹלֵךְ וְדוֺר בָּא Ecclesiastes 1:4: specifically
a. in the present, and (or) the past Genesis 7:1 (J) Exodus 1:6 (P) Numbers 32:13 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:35; Deuteronomy 2:14; Judges 2:10 (twice in verse); Isaiah 53:8 (compare Che critical note) Jeremiah 2:31; also Psalm 95:10; Job 8:8; Isaiah 41:4.
b. Judges 3:2 (present & future); compare plural דֹּרֹתָיו Genesis 6:9 (i.e. his own Generation and those immediately contiguous, before and after).
c. especially of a future Generation Genesis 15:16 (JE), with numeral, compare Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:4; Deuteronomy 23:9; also Deuteronomy 29:21; Psalm 48:14; Psalm 71:18; Psalm 78:4; Psalm 78:6; Psalm 102:19; Psalm 109:13; Joel 1:3 compare Psalm 22:31; Psalm 22:32 (Checritical note); of a succession of generations דּוֺר לְדוֺר יְשַׂבַּח מַעֲשֶׂיךָ Psalm 145:4; בְּכָלדּֿוֺר וָדוֺר Esther 9:28; usually plural לְדֹרֹת עוֺלָם Genesis 9:12 (P); with number לְאֶלֶף דּוֺר Psalm 105:8 (|| עולם) = 1 Chronicles 16:15 (|| לעולם); Deuteronomy 7:9; see further, of posterity, אַרְבָּעָה דֹּרוֺת Job 42:16; usually plural with suffix Genesis 17:7, 9, 12; Exodus 12:14, 17, 42; Exodus 16:32, 33; Exodus 27:21; Exodus 29:42; Exodus 30:8, 10, 21, 31; Exodus 31:13, 16; Exodus 40:15; Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 6:11; Leviticus 7:36; Leviticus 10:9 (all P); Leviticus 17:7; Leviticus 21:17; Leviticus 22:3; Leviticus 23:14, 21, 31, 41, 43; Leviticus 24:3; Leviticus 25:30 (all H); Numbers 9:10; Numbers 10:8; Numbers 15:14, 15, 21, 23, 38; Numbers 18:23; Numbers 35:29; Joshua 22:27, 28 (all P).
3. generation characterized by quality or condition, class of men: דּוֺר עִקֵּשׁ crooked Generation Deuteronomy 32:5 (song) compare Deuteronomy 32:20; Psalm 78:8 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 7:29; of different classes of wicked, Proverbs 30:11, 12, 13, 14 compare Psalm 12:8; of the righteous, as a class Psalm 14:5; Psalm 24:6; Psalm 73:15 (בָּנֶיךָ דּוֺר) Psalm 112:2 (compare Psalm 22:31 MT, but < Che joins לדור to Psalm 22:32 compare above below 2c); so also דּוֺר אֲבוֺתָיו i.e. the dead Psalm 49:20 (so most; yet see below below 4).
4. dwelling-place, habitation Isaiah 38:12 compare דּוּר verb, so Saad Ki Ges De Che RVm (Ew life || חַיַּי); so also Psalm 49:20 De Witt, compare CheOP 479.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:9; 6:9; 7:1; 7:1; 9:12; 9:12; 15:16; 17:7; 17:7; 17:9; 17:12; 17:12

Exodus

1:6; 3:15; 3:15; 3:15; 12:14; 12:17; 12:42; 16:32; 16:33; 17:16; 27:21; 29:42; 30:8; 30:10; 30:21; 30:31; 31:13; 31:16; 40:15

Leviticus

3:17; 6:11; 7:36; 10:9; 17:7; 21:17; 22:3; 23:14; 23:21; 23:31; 23:41; 23:43; 24:3; 25:30; 25:30

Numbers

9:10; 10:8; 15:14; 15:15; 15:21; 15:23; 15:38; 18:23; 32:13; 35:29

Deuteronomy

1:35; 2:14; 7:9; 23:3; 23:4; 23:9; 29:21; 32:5; 32:5; 32:7; 32:20; 32:20

Joshua

22:27; 22:27; 22:28; 22:28

Judges

2:10; 3:2; 3:2

1 Chronicles

16:15

Esther

9:28; 9:28

Job

8:8; 42:16; 42:16

Psalms

10:6; 12:8; 14:5; 22:31; 22:31; 24:6; 33:11; 48:14; 49:12; 49:20; 49:20; 61:7; 71:18; 72:5; 72:5; 73:15; 77:9; 78:4; 78:6; 78:8; 79:13; 85:6; 89:2; 89:5; 90:1; 90:2; 95:10; 100:5; 102:13; 102:19; 102:25; 105:8; 106:31; 109:13; 112:2; 119:90; 135:13; 145:4; 145:13; 146:10

Proverbs

27:24; 30:11; 30:12; 30:13; 30:14

Ecclesiastes

1:4

Isaiah

13:20; 34:10; 34:17; 38:12; 38:12; 41:4; 41:4; 51:8; 51:9; 51:9; 53:8; 53:8; 58:12; 60:15; 61:4

Jeremiah

2:31; 7:29; 50:39

Lamentations

5:19

Joel

1:3; 2:2

H1755

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Strong's Number H1755 matches the Hebrew דּוֹר (dôr),
which occurs 168 times in 127 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Deu 7:9–Psa 135:13)

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:2 - “No one born of a forbidden union may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:3 - “No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the LORD forever,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:8 - Children born to them in the third generation may enter the assembly of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:22 - And the next generation, your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, will say, when they see the afflictions of that land and the sicknesses with which the LORD has made it sick—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:5 - They have dealt corruptly with him;
they are no longer his children because they are blemished;
they are a crooked and twisted generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:7 - Remember the days of old;
consider the years of many generations;
ask your father, and he will show you,
your elders, and they will tell you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:20 - And he said, ‘I will hide my face from them;
I will see what their end will be,
for they are a perverse generation,
children in whom is no faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - but to be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we do perform the service of the LORD in his presence with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and peace offerings, so your children will not say to our children in time to come, “You have no portion in the LORD.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28 - And we thought, ‘If this should be said to us or to our descendants in time to come, we should say, “Behold, the copy of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifice, but to be a witness between us and you.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:10 - And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD or the work that he had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:2 - It was only in order that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, to teach war to those who had not known it before.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:15 - Remember his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, in every clan, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never fall into disuse among the Jews, nor should the commemoration of these days cease among their descendants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:8 - “For inquire, please, of bygone ages,
and consider what the fathers have searched out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:16 - And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:6 - He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:7 - You, O LORD, will keep them;
you will guard us[fn] from this generation forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:5 - There they are in great terror,
for God is with the generation of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:30 - Posterity shall serve him;
it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:6 - Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.[fn] Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:11 - The counsel of the LORD stands forever,
the plans of his heart to all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:17 - I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations;
therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:13 - consider well her ramparts,
go through her citadels,
that you may tell the next generation

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 - Their graves are their homes forever,[fn]
their dwelling places to all generations,
though they called lands by their own names.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:19 - his soul will go to the generation of his fathers,
who will never again see light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 61:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 61:6 - Prolong the life of the king;
may his years endure to all generations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:18 - So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:5 - May they fear you[fn] while the sun endures,
and as long as the moon, throughout all generations!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:15 - If I had said, “I will speak thus,”
I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:8 - Has his steadfast love forever ceased?
Are his promises at an end for all time?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:4 - We will not hide them from their children,
but tell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might,
and the wonders that he has done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:6 - that the next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:8 - and that they should not be like their fathers,
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation whose heart was not steadfast,
whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:13 - But we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will give thanks to you forever;
from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:5 - Will you be angry with us forever?
Will you prolong your anger to all generations?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:1 - A Maskil[fn] of Ethan the Ezrahite.
I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:4 - ‘I will establish your offspring forever,
and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 - A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.
Lord, you have been our dwelling place[fn]
in all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 95:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:10 - For forty years I loathed that generation
and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,
and they have not known my ways.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 100:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 100:5 - For the LORD is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:12 - But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever;
you are remembered throughout all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:18 - Let this be recorded for a generation to come,
so that a people yet to be created may praise the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:24 - “O my God,” I say, “take me not away
in the midst of my days—
you whose years endure
throughout all generations!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:8 - He remembers his covenant forever,
the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:31 - And that was counted to him as righteousness
from generation to generation forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:13 - May his posterity be cut off;
may his name be blotted out in the second generation!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:2 - His offspring will be mighty in the land;
the generation of the upright will be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:90

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:90 - Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
you have established the earth, and it stands fast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:13 - Your name, O LORD, endures forever,
your renown,[fn] O LORD, throughout all ages.

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