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alway

Meaning of “alway”

Always; continually or at all times.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
23 occurrences23 verses20 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 25:30

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Deuteronomy 11:1
THEREFORE thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 11:1 · retained source text

¶ Therefore thou shalt loue the LORD thy God, and keepe his charge, and his Statutes, and his Iudgements, and his Commandements alway.

Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:33 · retained source text

The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not, eate vp: and thou shalt be onely oppressed and crushed alway:

2 Samuel 9:10
Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 9:10 · retained source text

Thou therefore and thy sonnes, and thy seruants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy masters sonne may haue food to eate: but Mephibosheth thy masters sonne shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteene sonnes, and twenty seruants.

1 Kings 11:36
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 11:36 · retained source text

And vnto his sonne will I giue one tribe, that Dauid my seruant may haue a light alway before me in Ierusalem, the citie which I haue chosen me to put my Name there.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lampe or candle.

2 Kings 8:19
Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:19 · retained source text

Yet the LORD would not destroy Iudah, for Dauid his seruants sake, as hee promised to giue to him alway a light, and to his children.

1611 marginal noteHebr. candle, or lampe.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 7.13.

Job 7:16
I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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1611 witness · Job 7:16 · retained source text

I loath it, I would not liue alway: let me alone, for my dayes are vanitie.

Psalms 9:18
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
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1611 witness · Psalms 9:18 · retained source text

For the needie shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poore shall not perish for euer.

Psalms 119:112
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
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1611 witness · Psalms 119:112 · retained source text

I haue inclined mine heart to performe thy Statutes, alway, euen vnto the end.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to do.

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Always; perpetually; continually; regularly.

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