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abide

Meaning of “abide”

1. To remain, stay, dwell, wait, or continue in a place, state, or relation. 2. To endure or withstand.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
82 occurrences77 verses31 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:2

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Psalms 15:1
LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 15:1 · retained source text

¶ LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

Psalms 61:4
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 61:4 · retained source text

I will abide in thy Tabernacle for euer: I will trust in the couert of thy wings. Selah.

1611 marginal noteOr, make my refuge.

Psalms 91:1
HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 91:1 · retained source text

¶ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high: shall abide vnder the shadow of the Almightie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lodge.

Proverbs 7:11
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 7:11 · retained source text

(She is loud and stubburne, her feet abide not in her house:

1611 marginal noteChap.9.13

Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 19:23 · retained source text

The feare of the LORD tendeth to life, and he that hath it shall abide satisfied: he shall not be visited with euill.

Ecclesiastes 8:15
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 8:15 · retained source text

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing vnder the Sunne, then to eate and to drinke, and to be merrie: for that shall abide with him of his labour, the dayes of his life, which God giueth him vnder the Sunne.

1611 marginal noteCha.3.22.

Jeremiah 10:10
But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 10:10 · retained source text

But the LORD is the true God, he is the liuing God, and an euerlasting King: at his wrath the earth shal tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

1611 marginal noteHeb. God of trueth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. King of eternity.

Jeremiah 42:10
If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 42:10 · retained source text

If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you downe, and I will plant you, and not plucke you vp: for I repent mee of the euill, that I haue done vnto you.

Jeremiah 49:18
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 49:18 · retained source text

As in the ouerthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD: no man shall abide there, neither shall a sonne of man dwell in it.

1611 marginal noteGen. 19.25. chap. 50 40.

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