Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	call_v	holy_a	scripture_n	3,470	5	5.6353	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08603	Masora. A collection out of the learned master Joannes Buxtorfius's Commentarius Masorethicus. / By Clement Barksdale.	Buxtorf, Johann, 1564-1629.; Barksdale, Clement, 1609-1687.	1665 (1665)	Wing B6348A; ESTC R221405	27,661	74

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