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Proverbs 8

Pr. 8:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I was set up
nacak (Hebrew #5258)
to pour out, especially a libation, or to cast (metal); by analogy, to anoint a king
KJV usage: cover, melt, offer, (cause to) pour (out), set (up).
Pronounce: naw-sak'
Origin: a primitive root
o from everlasting
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
, from the beginning
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
, or ever
qedem (Hebrew #6924)
from 6923; the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
KJV usage: aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, X ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare 6926.
Pronounce: keh'-dem
Origin: or qedmah {kayd'-maw}
the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
was.

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Gn. 1:26• 26Y dijo Dios: Hagamos al hombre á nuestra imagen, conforme á nuestra semejanza; y señoree en los peces de la mar, y en las aves de los cielos, y en las bestias, y en toda la tierra, y en todo animal que anda arrastrando sobre la tierra. (Gn. 1:26)
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Sal. 2:6• 6Yo empero he puesto mi rey Sobre Sión, monte de mi santidad. (Sal. 2:6)
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Mi. 5:2• 2Mas tú, Beth-lehem Ephrata, pequeña para ser en los millares de Judá, de ti me saldrá el que será Señor en Israel; y sus salidas son desde el principio, desde los días del siglo. (Mi. 5:2)
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Jn. 17:24• 24Padre, aquellos que me has dado, quiero que donde yo estoy, ellos estén también conmigo; para que vean mi gloria que me has dado: por cuanto me has amado desde antes de la constitución del mundo. (Jn. 17:24)
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Ef. 1:10‑11• 10De reunir todas las cosas en Cristo, en la dispensación del cumplimiento de los tiempos, así las que están en los cielos, como las que están en la tierra:
11En él digo, en quien asimismo tuvimos suerte, habiendo sido predestinados conforme al propósito del que hace todas las cosas según el consejo de su voluntad,
(Ef. 1:10‑11)
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1 Jn. 1:1‑2• 1Lo que era desde el principio, lo que hemos oído, lo que hemos visto con nuestros ojos, lo que hemos mirado, y palparon nuestras manos tocante al Verbo de vida;
2(Porque la vida fué manifestada, y vimos, y testificamos, y os anunciamos aquella vida eterna, la cual estaba con el Padre, y nos ha aparecido;)
(1 Jn. 1:1‑2)
 Creation is elsewhere ascribed to the Son. “Without Him was not anything made that was made.” “All things were created by Him and for Him, and in Him all things consist.” He is “the first-born of all creation,” superior to all, because by Him the Father brought all things into being. (Proverbs Eight by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I was set upm from eternity, from the beginning, before the earth was.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "anointed." as Ps. 2.6.