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apt

Meaning of “apt”

Fit, suited, ready, or qualified for a stated purpose; having ability or readiness to do it.

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First occurrence: 2 Kings 24:16

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Every verse containing “apt”

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2 Kings 24:16
And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 24:16 · retained source text

And all the men of might, euen seuen thousand, and craftesmen, & smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for warre, euen them the king of Babylon brought captiue to Babylon.

1 Chronicles 7:40
All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 7:40 · retained source text

All these were the children of Asher, heads of their fathers house, choice and mightie men of valour, chiefe of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogie of them, that were apt to the warre and to battell, was twentie and sixe thousand men.

1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Timothy 3:2 · retained source text

A Bishop then must be blamelesse, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behauiour, giuen to hospitalitie, apt to teach;

1611 marginal noteOr, modest.

2 Timothy 2:24
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Timothy 2:24 · retained source text

And the seruant of the Lord must not striue: but bee gentle vnto all men, apt to teach, patient,

1611 marginal noteOr, forbearing.

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