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Open up any one of the Strong's concordances, and you'll find an amazing story: None of the current bestselling Old Testament versions is close to being 100% consistent with the original Hebrew/Aramaic text.
How can this be? Look at the detailed listing below comparing the top 100 words used in the Old Testament. The data are based upon summaries of the individual exhaustive concordances for each version.
In the first column, the Strong's numbers for the Hebrew and Aramaic words are presented in ascending order. The next column shows the total number of occurrences in the Old Testament. For example, the first number is Strong's #1, which occurs 1223 times. All of the versions utilize the word father as the main word. The KJV utilizes the word 99% of the time, the NASB 96% of the time, but the NIV only uses it 75% of the time. ARTB is 100% consistent. But the word father is one of the Hebrew words with the highest consistency. When the totals are calculated for the top 100 words, you can see that the NIV is only 53% consistent, the NASB is 66% consistent, and the KJV is 74% consistent.
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NASB
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STR #
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FREQ
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Primary Word
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%
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Primary Word
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%
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Primary Word
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%
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Primary Word
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%
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1
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1223
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father
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100%
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father
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75%
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father
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96%
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father
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99%
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113
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335
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lord
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100%
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lord
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51%
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lord
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56%
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lord
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68%
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120
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561
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human, Adam
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100%
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man, Adam
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75%
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man, human
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92%
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man, Adam
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98%
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136
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432
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Lord
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100%
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sovereign
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67%
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Lord
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100%
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Lord
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100%
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168
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345
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tent
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100%
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tent
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89%
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tent
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99%
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tent
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41%
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251
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629
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brother
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100%
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brother
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69%
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brother
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69%
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brethren
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53%
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310
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710
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after(ward)
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100%
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after(ward)
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35%
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after(ward)
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60%
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after(ward)
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76%
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376
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2156
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man, men
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100%
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man, men
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54%
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man, men
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72%
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man, men
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78%
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398
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809
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eat,ate
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100%
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eat, ate
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69%
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eat, ate
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75%
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eat, ate
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79%
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430
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2601
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God,gods
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100%
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God,gods
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97%
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God,gods
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99%
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God,gods
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99%
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559
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5308
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said, say
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100%
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said, say
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61%
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said, say
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91%
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said, say
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92%
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776
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2503
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ground, land
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100%
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land, earth
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68%
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land, earth
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92%
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earth, land
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90%
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784
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378
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fire
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100%
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fire
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75%
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fire
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97%
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fire
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99%
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802
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775
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woman
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100%
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wife
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46%
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wife
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51%
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wife
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55%
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935
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2569
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come,brought
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100%
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come,brought
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49%
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come,brought
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72%
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come,brought
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78%
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1004
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2059
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house
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100%
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house
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41%
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house
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79%
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house
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91%
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1121
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4934
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son
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100%
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son
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54%
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son
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38%
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son
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60%
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1129
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378
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build(t)
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100%
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build(t)
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66%
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build(t)
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87%
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build(t)
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93%
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1288
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330
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bless(ed)
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100%
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bless
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53%
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bless
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84%
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bless
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90%
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1323
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575
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daughter
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100%
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daughter
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78%
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daughter
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88%
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daughter
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92%
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1419
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529
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great(er)(est)
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100%
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great(er)(est)
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51%
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great(er)(est)
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69%
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great(er)(est)
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83%
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1471
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561
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nations
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100%
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nations
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93%
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nations
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97%
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nations
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66%
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1571
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715
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also,both,yes
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100%
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also,even,too
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38%
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also,both,indeed
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56%
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also,both,yea
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69%
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1696
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1140
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speak, spoke
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100%
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speak
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36%
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speak
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80%
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spake,speak
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74%
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1697
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1438
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word
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100%
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word
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39%
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word
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32%
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word
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56%
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1818
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360
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blood
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100%
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blood
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79%
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blood
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84%
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blood
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99%
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1870
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705
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way(s)
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100%
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way(s)
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51%
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way(s)
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54%
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way(s)
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87%
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1980
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1542
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go,went,gone
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100%
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go,went,gone
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35%
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go,went,gone
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54%
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go,went,gone
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54%
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2022
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545
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mount(ains)
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100%
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mount(ains)
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69%
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mount(ain)
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81%
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mount(ain)(s)
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89%
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2091
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389
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gold
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100%
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gold
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94%
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gold
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91%
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gold
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90%
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2416
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502
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life, living
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100%
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life, living
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44%
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life, living
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33%
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life, living
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67%
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2719
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413
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sword
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100%
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sword
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95%
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sword
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99%
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sword
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98%
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2896
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484
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good, better
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100%
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good, better
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67%
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good, better
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70%
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good, better
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85%
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3027
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1616
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hand
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100%
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hand
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55%
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hand
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72%
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hand
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84%
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3045
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936
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know, knew
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100%
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know, knew
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56%
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know, knew
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69%
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know, knew
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79%
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3117
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2303
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(to)day
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100%
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(to)day
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68%
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(to)day
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76%
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day
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85%
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3205
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472
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begat,midwife
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100%
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father,borne
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54%
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father,borne
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50%
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begat,bear
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69%
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3220
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396
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sea, west
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100%
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sea, west
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88%
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sea, west
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92%
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sea, west
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93%
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3318
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1066
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proceed(s)(ed)
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100%
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came, went out
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23%
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go,went,gone
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34%
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went out
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15%
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3381
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378
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descend(ed)
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100%
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go, went down
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36%
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go, went down
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22%
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go, went down
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42%
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3427
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1085
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dwell(ers)(t)
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100%
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live(d)
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31%
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live(d)
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28%
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dwell(t)
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38%
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3548
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748
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priest
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100%
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priest
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93%
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priest
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59%
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priest
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