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beard

Meaning of “beard”

The hair that grows upon a man's chin, cheeks, and lower face.

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16 occurrences15 verses8 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 13:29

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Leviticus 13:29
¶ If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 13:29 · retained source text

¶ If a man or woman hath a plague vpon the head or the beard,

Leviticus 13:30
Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 13:30 · retained source text

Then the Priest shall see the plague: and behold, if it be in sight deeper then the skin, and there be in it a yellow thin haire, then the Priest shall pronounce him vncleane, it is a dry skall, euen a leprosie vpon the head or beard.

Leviticus 14:9
But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 14:9 · retained source text

But it shall be on the seuenth day, that he shall shaue all his haire off his head and his beard, and his eyebrowes, euen all his haire he shal shaue off: And he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be cleane.

Leviticus 19:27
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 19:27 · retained source text

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou marre the corners of thy beard.

1611 marginal noteChap. 21.5.

Leviticus 21:5
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 21:5 · retained source text

They shall not make baldnesse vpon their head, neither shall they shaue off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh:

1611 marginal noteChap. 19.27.

1 Samuel 17:35
And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 17:35 · retained source text

And I went out after him, and smote him, and deliuered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

1 Samuel 21:13
And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 21:13 · retained source text

And he changed his behauiour before them, and fained himselfe mad in their hands, and scrabled on the doores of the gate, and let his spittle fall downe vpon his beard.

1611 marginal noteOr, made markes.

2 Samuel 19:24
¶ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 19:24 · retained source text

¶ And Mephibosheth the sonne of Saul came downe to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feete, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the King departed, vntill the day hee came againe in peace.

2 Samuel 20:9
And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 20:9 · retained source text

And Ioab saide to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Ioab tooke Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kisse him.

Ezra 9:3
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezra 9:3 · retained source text

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and pluckt off the haire of my head, and of my beard, and sate downe astonied.

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The hair that grows on a man's chin, cheeks, and lower face.

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