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abroad

Meaning of “abroad”

Out of doors or away from one’s usual place; outward, away, or throughout a wide area.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
80 occurrences78 verses31 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 10:18

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Genesis 10:18
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 10:18 · retained source text

And the Aruadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Genesis 11:4
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
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1611 witness · Genesis 11:4 · retained source text

And they said; Goe to, let vs build vs a city and a tower, whose top may reach vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a name, lest we be scattered abroad vpon the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:8
So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 11:8 · retained source text

So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence, vpon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the Citie.

Genesis 11:9
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 11:9 · retained source text

Therefore is the name of it called Babel, because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad vpon the face of all the earth.

1611 marginal noteThat is, Confusion.

Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 15:5 · retained source text

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Looke now towards heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And hee said vnto him, So shall thy seed be.

1611 marginal noteRom. 4.18.

Genesis 19:17
¶ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 19:17 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life, looke not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plaine: escape to the mountaine, lest thou bee consumed.

Genesis 28:14
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 28:14 · retained source text

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the South: and in thee, and in thy seed, shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. break forth.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 12.3.

1611 marginal noteCha. 12.3 and 18.18. and 22.18. and 26.4.

Exodus 9:29
And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord’s.
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1611 witness · Exodus 9:29 · retained source text

And Moses saide vnto him, Assoone as I am gone out of the citie, I will spread abroad my hands vnto the LORD, and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more haile: that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORDs.

1611 marginal notePsal. 24.1.

Exodus 9:33
And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
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1611 witness · Exodus 9:33 · retained source text

And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands vnto the LORD: and the thunders and haile ceased, and the raine was not powred vpon the earth.

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Out of one's house; away from home; from a distance.

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