Selected quad for the lemma: soul_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
soul_n	body_n	earth_n	life_n	8,616	5	4.6117	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17140	Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ. Or, the trauels of the holy patriarchs, prophets, iudges, kings, our sauiour Christ, and his Apostles, as they are related in the Old and New Testaments. With a description of the townes and places to which they trauelled, and how many English miles they stood from Ierusalem. Also a short treatise of the weights, monies, and measures mentioned in the Scriptures, reduced to our English valuations, quantitie, and weight. Collected out of the workes of Henry Bunting, and done into English by R.B.; Itinerarium totius Sacræ Scripturæ. English	Bünting, Heinrich, 1545-1606.; R. B., fl. 1619.	1636 (1636)	STC 4020; ESTC S106784	396,681	582

commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n he_o make_v a_o league_n with_o he_o gen._n 31._o 4_o from_o mount_n gilead_n he_o go_v to_o mahanaim_n which_o be_v 16_o mile_n and_o there_o he_o meet_v with_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n gen._n 31._o 5_o from_o mahanaim_n he_o pass_v the_o water_n and_o go_v to_o penuel_n which_o be_v four_o mile_n and_o there_o wrestle_v with_o the_o angel_n of_o god_n gen._n 32._o 6_o from_o penuel_n he_o go_v to_o succoth_n where_o he_o pitch_v his_o tent_n 2_o mile_n gen._n 33._o 7_o from_o succoth_n he_o pass_v the_o river_n of_o jordan_n and_o go_v to_o sichem_n not_o far_o from_o salem_n about_o eight_o mile_n where_o his_o daughter_n dinah_n be_v ravish_v gen._n 33._o 8_o from_o thence_o he_o go_v to_o bethel_n which_o be_v eight_o and_o twenty_o mile_n gen._n 31._o 9_o from_o bethel_n he_o go_v to_o bethlehem_n euphrata_n which_o be_v twelve_o mile_n in_o which_o way_n rachel_n die_v and_o be_v bury_v not_o far_o from_o bethlehem_n then_o jacob_n go_v forward_o and_o set_v up_o his_o tent_n near_o to_o the_o tower_n of_o eder_n a_o mile_n from_o bethlehem_n towards_o the_o south_n gen._n 35._o 10_o from_o bethlehem_n euphrata_n and_o the_o tower_n of_o eder_n he_o return_v again_o to_o the_o valley_n of_o mamre_n near_o hebron_n to_o his_o father_n isaac_n which_o be_v 20_o mile_n gen._n 35._o 11_o from_o hebron_n he_o go_v to_o beersaba_n which_o be_v 16_o mile_n gen._n 38._o 12_o from_o beersaba_n he_o go_v to_o the_o town_n of_o only_a a_o little_a off_o egypt_n in_o the_o land_n of_o gossen_n which_o be_v 168_o mile_n where_o joseph_n his_o son_n give_v he_o honourable_a entertainment_n gen._n 46._o 13_o from_o any_o he_o go_v to_o the_o city_n egypt_n city_n this_o be_v the_o chief_a city_n of_o egypt_n zoan_n which_o be_v also_o call_v tanis_n 28_o mile_n where_o he_o be_v present_v to_o k._n pharaoh_n gen._n 47._o 14_o from_o tanis_n he_o return_v to_o any_o which_o be_v 28_o mile_n and_o there_o he_o dwell_v and_o dye_v in_o the_o 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and_o be_v reconcile_v to_o she_o but_o her_o father_n shut_v he_o out_o of_o door_n because_o he_o have_v marry_v his_o wife_n to_o another_o man_n wherefore_o he_o take_v a_o company_n of_o fox_n and_o tie_v they_o tail_n to_o tail_n put_v firebrand_n to_o their_o tail_n and_o turn_v they_o into_o the_o wheat_n of_o the_o philistine_n and_o they_o set_v fire_n of_o all_o the_o wheat_n and_o vine_n and_o olive_n thereabouts_o judg._n 15._o from_o thence_o he_o go_v to_o a_o cave_n in_o the_o rock_n etam_a and_o there_o dwell_v which_o be_v 12_o mile_n judg._n 15._o at_o the_o rock_n etam_a samson_n be_v bind_v with_o two_o new_a cord_n by_o the_o israelite_n and_o from_o thence_o lead_v to_o ramah_n lehi_n which_o be_v six_o mile_n where_o he_o kill_v 1000_o philistine_n with_o the_o jaw_n bone_n of_o a_o ass_n that_o he_o find_v in_o the_o way_n from_o thence_o he_o go_v to_o gaza_n a_o city_n of_o the_o philistine_n which_o be_v 42_o mile_n here_o he_o carry_v away_o the_o gate_n 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