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astray

Meaning of “astray”

Away from the right place, path, or course; wandering or in error.

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22 occurrences18 verses10 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 23:4

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Exodus 23:4
¶ If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 23:4 · retained source text

¶ If thou meete thine enemies oxe or his asse going astray, thou shalt surely bring it backe to him againe.

Deuteronomy 22:1
THOU shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 22:1 · retained source text

¶ Thou shalt not see thy brothers oxe, or his sheepe go astray, and hide thy selfe from them: thou shalt in any case bring them againe vnto thy brother.

1611 marginal noteExod. 23.4.

Psalms 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 58:3 · retained source text

The wicked are estranged from the wombe, they goe astray as soone as they be borne, speaking lies.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from the belly.

Proverbs 5:23
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 5:23 · retained source text

He shall die without instruction, and in the greatnesse of his folly he shal goe astray.

Proverbs 7:25
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 7:25 · retained source text

Let not thine heart decline to her wayes, goe not astray in her paths.

Proverbs 28:10
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 28:10 · retained source text

Who so causeth the righteous to goe astray in an euill way, he shall fall himselfe into his owne pit: but the vpright shall haue good things in possession.

1611 marginal noteChap.26.27.

Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 53:6 · retained source text

All we like sheepe haue gone astray: we haue turned euery one to his owne way, and the LORD hath layd on him the iniquitie of vs all.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hee hath made the iniquitie of vs all to meete on him.

Jeremiah 50:6
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:6 · retained source text

My people hath bene lost sheepe: their shepheards haue caused them to goe astray, they haue turned them away on the mountaines: they haue gone from mountaine to hill, they haue forgotten their resting place.

1611 marginal noteHebr. place to lye downe in.

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