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beat

Meaning of “beat”

To strike repeatedly; to lay on repeated blows, with a stick, with the hand or fist, or with any instrument, and for any cause, just or unjust, or for punishment.

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36 occurrences36 verses17 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 30:36

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Isaiah 2:4
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And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 2:4 · retained source text

And hee shall iudge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beate their swords into plow-shares, and their speares into pruning hookes: nation shall not lift vp sword against nation, neither shall they learne warre any more.

1611 marginal noteOr, sythes.

Isaiah 3:15
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What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
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What meane yee that yee beat my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the LORD God of hosts?

Isaiah 27:12
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¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 27:12 · retained source text

¶ And it shall come to passe in that day, that the LORD shall beate off from the chanell of the riuer vnto the streame of Egypt, and ye shall bee gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

Isaiah 41:15
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Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 41:15 · retained source text

Behold, I will make thee a new sharpe threshing instrument hauing teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountaines, and beate them small, and shalt make the hilles as chaffe.

1611 marginal noteHebr. mouthes.

Complete reference index — all 36 verses
Exodus 30:36Exodus 39:3Numbers 11:8Deuteronomy 25:3Judges 8:17Judges 9:45Judges 19:22Ruth 2:172 Samuel 22:432 Kings 3:252 Kings 13:252 Kings 23:12Psalms 18:42Psalms 89:23Proverbs 23:14Isaiah 2:4Isaiah 3:15Isaiah 27:12Isaiah 41:15Joel 3:10Jonah 4:8Micah 4:3Micah 4:13Matthew 7:25Matthew 7:27Matthew 21:35Mark 4:37Mark 12:3Luke 6:48Luke 6:49Luke 12:45Luke 20:10Luke 20:11Acts 16:22Acts 18:17Acts 22:19

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Exodus2 occurrences
2 versesNumbers1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy1 occurrence
1 verseJudges3 occurrences
3 versesRuth1 occurrence
1 verse2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse2 Kings3 occurrences
3 versesPsalms2 occurrences
2 versesProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah4 occurrences
4 versesJoel1 occurrence
1 verseJonah1 occurrence
1 verseMicah2 occurrences
2 versesMatthew3 occurrences
3 versesMark2 occurrences
2 versesLuke5 occurrences
5 versesActs3 occurrences
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