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bless

Meaning of “bless”

To pronounce or bestow good, favor, or happiness; to praise, thank, or glorify God.

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127 occurrences117 verses24 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 12:2

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Exodus 12:32
Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 12:32 · retained source text

Also take your flockes and your heards, as ye haue said: and bee gone, and blesse me also.

Exodus 20:24
¶ An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 20:24 · retained source text

¶ An Altar of earth thou shalt make vnto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheepe, and thine oxen: In all places where I record my Name, I will come vnto thee, and I will blesse thee.

Exodus 23:25
And ye shall serve the Lord your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 23:25 · retained source text

And yee shall serue the LORD your God, and he shall blesse thy bread, and thy water: and I will take sicknes away from the midst of thee.

Numbers 6:23
Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 6:23 · retained source text

Speake vnto Aaron, and vnto his sonnes, saying, On this wise ye shall blesse the children of Israel, saying vnto them:

Numbers 6:24
The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 6:24 · retained source text

The LORD blesse thee, and keepe thee:

Numbers 6:27
And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 6:27 · retained source text

And they shall put my Name vpon the children of Israel, and I will blesse them.

Numbers 23:25
¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 23:25 · retained source text

¶ And Balak said vnto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor blesse them at all.

Numbers 24:1
AND when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 24:1 · retained source text

¶ And when Balaam sawe that it pleased the LORD to blesse Israel, hee went not, as at other times to seeke for inchantments, but hee set his face toward the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to the meeting of inchantments.

1611 marginal noteChap. 23.3,15.

Deuteronomy 1:11
(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:11 · retained source text

(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many moe as ye are, and blesse you as he hath promised you.)

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