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bestowed

Meaning of “bestowed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of bestow. Sense 1: To give or confer upon. Sense 2: To expend or apply for a purpose. Sense 3: To place or store.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
14 occurrences13 verses11 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: 1 Kings 10:26

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2 Corinthians 8:1
MOREOVER, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 8:1 · retained source text

¶ Moreouer, brethren, wee do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the Churches of Macedonia,

1 John 3:1
BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
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1611 witness · 1 John 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Beholde, what manner of loue the Father hath bestowed vpon vs, that wee should be called the sonnes of God: therfore the world knoweth vs not, because it knewe him not.

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Given gratuitously; conferred; laid out; applied; deposited for safe-keeping.

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