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Luke 8:43

including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.

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ASV

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, who had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed of any,

KJV

And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any,

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΚαὶKaiAndG2532 →
γυνὴgunēa womanG1135 →
οὖσαousabeingG1510 →
ἐνenwithG1722 →
ῥύσειrhuseia fluxG4511 →
αἵματοςaimatosof bloodG129 →
ἀπὸapoforG575 →
ἐτῶνetōnyearsG2094 →
δώδεκα,dōdekatwelve,G1427 →
ἥτιςhētiswhoG3748 →
ἰατροῖςiatroison physiciansG2395 →
προσαναλώσασαprosanalōsasahaving spentG4321 →
ὅλονholonallG3650 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
βίονbionlivingG979 →
οὐκoukneitherG3756 →
ἴσχυσενischusenwas ableG2480 →
ἀπ᾽ap᾽byG575 →
οὐδενὸςoudenosno [one]G3762 →
θεραπευθῆναι,therapeuthēnaito be healed,G2323 →

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Mark 5:25–26And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years.Matthew 9:20–22Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.John 5:5One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.Leviticus 15:25–33When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?Luke 13:16Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”Matthew 9:12On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.Mark 12:44For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”Leviticus 15:25When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.2 Chronicles 16:12In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.Mark 9:21–22Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been with him?” “From childhood,” he said.John 9:1Now as Jesus was passing by, He saw a man blind from birth,Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?Luke 8:27When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.Isaiah 55:1–3“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!Job 13:4You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.Luke 13:11and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.John 9:21But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”

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