Topic
Furnish
12 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Deuteronomy 15:14ISBE
Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
- 1 Kings 9:11ISBE
(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
- Psalms 78:19ISBE
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
- Proverbs 9:2ISBE
She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
- Isaiah 65:11ISBE
¶ But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
- Jeremiah 46:19ISBE
O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 29:26ISBE
Come, thou stranger, and furnish a table, and feed me of that thou hast ready.
- 1 Maccabees 14:34ISBE
Moreover he fortified Joppa, which lieth upon the sea, and Gazera, that bordereth upon Azotus, where the enemies had dwelt before: but he placed Jews there, and furnished them with all things convenient for the reparation thereof.)
- Matthew 22:10ISBE
So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
- Mark 14:15ISBE
And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
- Luke 22:12ISBE
And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
- 2 Timothy 3:17ISBE
That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 13 references
fur'-nish (male; plethomai):
To "furnish" is to supply with what is useful or necessary, to fit out, provide, equip. It is the translation of several Hebrew or Greek words: of male', "to fill in or up," "to complete" (Isa 65:11 the King James Version); nasa, "to lift up," "to aid" (1Ki 9:11); `anaq, Hiphil, probably "to lay on the neck," "to encircle" (with a bracelet) (De 15:14), of a slave set at liberty; `arakh, "to arrange in order," "to lay out a table" (Ps 78:19 the King James Version; Pr 9:2); `asah keli, "to make a vessel for containing things" (Jer 46:19, "Furnish thyself to go into captivity," the Revised Version, margin "Hebrew, make thee vessels of captivity"); plethomai, "to be filled" (Mt 22:10 the King James Version); stronnumi, "to strew," "to spread" (Mr 14:15; Lu 22:12); exartizo, "to complete fully," to equip" (2Ti 3:17).
In Ecclesiasticus 29:26 we have "furnish a table" (kosmeo); 44:6, "furnished with ability" (choregeo); /APC 1Macc 14:34 the King James Version, "He furnished them with all things" (tithemi).
W. L. Walker
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.