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betray

Meaning of “betray”

To deliver a person into an enemy's hands by treachery or fraud, violating trust or confidence.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
18 occurrences18 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Chronicles 12:17

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1 Chronicles 12:17
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 12:17 · retained source text

And Dauid went out to meete them, and answered and sayd vnto them: If yee bee come peaceably vnto me to helpe me, mine heart shall be knit vnto you: but if yee be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands: the God of our fathers looke thereon, and rebuke it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. before them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. be one

1611 marginal noteOr, violence.

Matthew 24:10
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 24:10 · retained source text

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

Matthew 26:16
And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 26:16 · retained source text

And from that time he sought opportunitie to betray him.

Matthew 26:21
And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
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1611 witness · Matthew 26:21 · retained source text

And as they did eate, he said, Uerely I say vnto you, that one of you shal betray me.

Matthew 26:23
And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 26:23 · retained source text

And he answered and said, Hee that dippeth his hand with mee in the dish, the same shall betray me.

1611 marginal notePsal. 41.9.

Matthew 26:46
Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
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1611 witness · Matthew 26:46 · retained source text

Rise, let vs be going: behold, he is at hand that doeth betray me.

Mark 13:12
Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
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1611 witness · Mark 13:12 · retained source text

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the sonne: and children shall rise vp against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

Mark 14:10
¶ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
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1611 witness · Mark 14:10 · retained source text

¶ And Iudas Iscariot, one of the twelue, went vnto the chiefe Priests, to betray him vnto them.

1611 marginal noteMat. 26.14.

Mark 14:11
And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Mark 14:11 · retained source text

And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to giue him money. And he sought how he might conueniently betray him.

Mark 14:18
And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Mark 14:18 · retained source text

And as they sate, and did eat, Iesus said, Uerily I say vnto you, one of you which eateth with me, shall betray mee.

1611 marginal noteMat. 26.20.

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To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; more generally, to violate trust or confidence by unfaithfulness.

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