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1 Kings 19:18

19:18

left <07604> [Yet I have left. or, Yet I will leave.]

knees <01290> [the knees.]

<06310> [every mouth.]

Idolaters often kissed their hand in honour of their idols; and hence the origin of adoration from {ad,} to and {os, oris,} the mouth. Cicero mentions a statue of Hercules, the chin and lips of which were considerably worn by the kissing of his worshippers.




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