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breach

Meaning of “breach”

Sense 1: A break, rupture, gap, or breaking forth. Sense 2: Damage, loss, or interruption of a promise or relation.

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22 occurrences20 verses15 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 38:29

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Job 16:14
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 16:14 · retained source text

He breaketh me with breach vpon breach, he runneth vpon me like a giant.

Psalms 106:23
Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 106:23 · retained source text

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach: to turne away his wrath, lest hee should destroy them.

1611 marginal noteExod. 33.13.

Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 15:4 · retained source text

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but peruersnesse therein is a breach in the spirit.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the healing of the tongue.

Isaiah 7:6
Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:6 · retained source text

Let vs goe vp against Iudah and vexe it, and let vs make a breach therein for vs, and set a king in the midst of it, euen the sonne of Tabeal.

1611 marginal noteOr, waken.

Isaiah 30:13
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 30:13 · retained source text

Therefore this iniquitie shalbe to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking commeth suddenly at an instant.

Isaiah 30:26
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 30:26 · retained source text

Moreouer the light of the Moone shalbe as the light of the Sunne, and the light of the Sunne shall be seuenfold, as the light of seuen dayes, in the day that the LORD bindeth vp the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

Isaiah 58:12
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 58:12 · retained source text

And they that shall be of thee, shall builde the olde waste places: thou shalt raise vp the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.

1611 marginal noteCha. 61.6.

Jeremiah 14:17
¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:17 · retained source text

¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word vnto them, Let mine eies runne downe with teares night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grieuous blow.

1611 marginal noteLam. 1.16. and 2.18. chap. 13.17.

Lamentations 2:13
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 2:13 · retained source text

What thing shall I take to witnesse for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Ierusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O Uirgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heale thee?

Ezekiel 26:10
By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 26:10 · retained source text

By reason of the abundance of his horses, their dust shall couer thee: thy walles shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheeles, and of the charets, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a citie wherein is made a breach.

1611 marginal noteHebr. according to the entrings of a city broken vp.

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