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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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Psalms 18:42
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
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1611 witness · Psalms 18:42 · retained source text

Then did I beate them small as the dust before the winde: I did cast them out, as the dirt in the streetes.

Psalms 89:23
And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
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1611 witness · Psalms 89:23 · retained source text

And I will beate downe his foes before his face: and plague them that hate him.

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