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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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Job 4:11
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion’s whelps are scattered abroad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 4:11 · retained source text

The old Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the stout Lyons whelpes are scattered abroad.

Job 15:23
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 15:23 · retained source text

He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkenes is ready at his hand.

Psalms 41:6
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 41:6 · retained source text

And if hee come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquitie to it selfe, when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

Psalms 77:17
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 77:17 · retained source text

The cloudes powred out water, the skies sent out a sound; thine arrowes also went abroad.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the clouds were powred forth with water.

Proverbs 5:16
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 5:16 · retained source text

Let thy fountaines bee dispersed abroad, and riuers of waters in the streets.

Isaiah 24:1
BEHOLD, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 24:1 · retained source text

¶ Behold, the LORD maketh the earth emptie, and maketh it waste, and turneth it vpside downe, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.

1611 marginal noteHeb. peruerteth the face thereof.

Isaiah 28:25
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 28:25 · retained source text

When hee hath made plaine the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principall wheate, and the appointed barly and the rye in their place?

1611 marginal noteOr, the wheat in the principall place and barley in the appointed place.

1611 marginal noteOr, spelt.

1611 marginal noteHeb. border.

Isaiah 44:24
Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 44:24 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the wombe; I am the LORD that maketh all things, that stretcheth forth the heauens alone, that spreadeth abroad the earth by my selfe:

Jeremiah 6:11
Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 6:11 · retained source text

Therefore I am full of the furie of the LORD: I am weary with holding in: I will powre it out vpon the children abroad, and vpon the assembly of yong men together: for euen the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of dayes.

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Historical definitions

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

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