Luke 2:36

Webster's Bible (1833)

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

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  • Acts 21:9 : 9 Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
  • Gen 30:13 : 13 Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy." She named him Asher.
  • Exod 15:20 : 20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
  • Judg 4:4 : 4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
  • 2 Kgs 22:14 : 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.
  • Job 5:26 : 26 You shall come to your grave in a full age, Like a shock of grain comes in its season.
  • Ps 92:14 : 14 They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green,
  • Acts 2:18 : 18 Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy.
  • 1 Cor 12:1 : 1 Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don't want you to be ignorant.
  • Rev 7:6 : 6 Of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, Of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, Of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,

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