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boy

Meaning of “boy”

A male child.

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First occurrence: Joel 3:3

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Joel 3:3
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 3:3 · retained source text

And they haue cast lots for my people, and haue giuen a boy for a harlot, and solde a girle for wine, that they might drinke.

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