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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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First occurrence: Exodus 30:36

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2 Kings 13:25
And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 13:25 · retained source text

And Iehoash the sonne of Iehoahaz tooke againe out of the hand of Benhadad the sonne of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Iehoahaz his father, by warre: three times did Ioash beat him, and recouered the cities of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHeb. returned and tooke.

2 Kings 23:12
And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 23:12 · retained source text

And the altars that were on the top of the vpper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Iudah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat downe, and brake them downe from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brooke Kidron.

1611 marginal noteOr, ran from thence.

1611 marginal noteCha. 21.5.

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.

Proverbs 23:14
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 23:14 · retained source text

Thou shalt beate him with the rod, and shalt deliuer his soule from hell.

Isaiah 2:4
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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
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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1611 witness · Isaiah 3:15 · retained source text

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
¶ 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
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.

Joel 3:10
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
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1611 witness · Joel 3:10 · retained source text

Beate your plowe shares into swords, and your pruning hookes into speares, let the weake say, I am strong.

1611 marginal noteOr, sythes.

1611 marginal noteIsa.2.4.

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