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begun

Meaning of “begun”

Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to start, commence, or enter upon something).

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12 occurrences12 verses8 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 16:46

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Numbers 16:46
¶ And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.
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1611 witness · Numbers 16:46 · retained source text

¶ And Moses said vnto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the Altar, and put on incense, and goe quickly vnto the Congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.

Numbers 16:47
And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
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1611 witness · Numbers 16:47 · retained source text

And Aaron tooke as Moses commanded, and ranne into the midst of the Congregation: and behold, the plague was begun among the people, and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

Deuteronomy 2:31
And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:31 · retained source text

And the LORD said vnto mee, Behold, I haue begun to giue Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possesse, that thou mayest inherit his land.

Deuteronomy 3:24
O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 3:24 · retained source text

O LORD God, thou hast begun to shew thy seruant thy greatnesse, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heauen, or in earth, that can do according to thy workes, and according to thy might?

Esther 6:13
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Esther 6:13 · retained source text

And Haman told Zeresh his wife, and all his friends, euery thing that had befallen him. Then saide his wise men, and Zeresh his wife vnto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Iewes, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not preuaile against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

Esther 9:23
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
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1611 witness · Esther 9:23 · retained source text

And the Iewes vndertooke to doe, as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written vnto them:

Matthew 18:24
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 18:24 · retained source text

And when hee had begun to reckon, one was brought vnto him which ought him ten thousand talents.

1611 marginal noteA talent is 750. ounces of siluer, which after fiue shillings the ounce, is 187.li.10.s.

2 Corinthians 8:6
Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 8:6 · retained source text

In so much that wee desired Titus, that as he had begun, so hee would also finish in you, the same grace also.

2 Corinthians 8:10
And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 8:10 · retained source text

And herein I giue my aduice, for this is expedient for you, who haue begun before, not onely to doe, but also to be forward a yeere agoe.

1611 marginal noteGr. willing.

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