Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 139:6 · retained source text
Such knowledge is too wonderfull for me: it is high, I cannot attaine vnto it.
KJV dictionary & concordance
attain
Meaning of “attain”
To reach, arrive at, or obtain by movement, effort, or progress.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
6 occurrences6 verses6 booksKJV PCE
First occurrence: Psalms 139:6
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Every verse containing “attain”
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 1:5 · retained source text
A wise man wil heare, and wil increase learning: and a man of vnderstanding shall attaine vnto wise counsels:
And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 46:7 · retained source text
And hee shall prepare a meat offering, an Ephah for a bullocke, and an Ephah for a ramme, and for the lambs, according as his hand shall attaine vnto, and an Hin of oile to an Ephah.
¶ Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 8:5 · retained source text
¶ Thy calfe, O Samaria, hath cast thee off: mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it bee ere they attaine to innocencie?
And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 27:12 · retained source text
And because the hauen was not commodious to winter in, the more part aduised to depart thence also, if by any meanes they might attaine to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an hauen of Creete, and lieth toward the Southwest, and Northwest.
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Philippians 3:11 · retained source text
If by any meanes I might attaine vnto the resurrection of the dead.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Historical definitions
Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗To reach; to come to or arrive at, by motion, bodily exertion, or efforts towards a place or object. To reach; to come to or arrive at, by an effort of mind.