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carry

Meaning of “carry”

To bear, convey, support, lead, or transport from one place to another.

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90 occurrences88 verses26 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 37:25

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Numbers 24:22
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 24:22 · retained source text

Neuerthelesse, the Kenite shall be wasted, vntil Asshur shal carie thee away captiue.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Kain

1611 marginal noteOr, how long shall it be ere Ashur carry thee away captiue.

Deuteronomy 14:24
And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:24 · retained source text

And if the way bee too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carie it, or if the place be too farre from thee, which the LORD thy God shall chuse to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

Deuteronomy 28:38
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:38 · retained source text

Thou shalt carie much seede out into the field, and shalt gather but litle in: for the locust shall consume it.

1611 marginal noteMica. 6.15. agge. 1.6.

Joshua 4:3
And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 4:3 · retained source text

And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the mids of Iordan, out of the place where the Priests feet stood firme, twelue stones, and yee shal cary them ouer with you, and leaue them in the lodging place where you shall lodge this night.

1 Samuel 17:18
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 17:18 · retained source text

And carie these ten cheeses vnto the Captaine of their thousand, and looke how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

1611 marginal noteHeb. cheeses of milke.

1611 marginal noteHeb. captaine of a thousand.

1 Samuel 20:40
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 20:40 · retained source text

And Ionathan gaue his artillery vnto his ladde, and said vnto him, Goe, cary them to the citie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. instruments.

1611 marginal noteHebr. that was his.

2 Samuel 15:25
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 15:25 · retained source text

And the King said vnto Zadok, Cary backe the Arke of God into the citie: if I shall finde fauour in the eyes of the LORD, he wil bring me againe, and shew me both it, and his habitation.

2 Samuel 19:18
And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 19:18 · retained source text

And there went ouer a ferry-boat to cary ouer the kings houshold, and to doe what he thought good: and Shimei the sonne of Gera fell downe before the king as he was come ouer Iordane;

1611 marginal noteHeb. the good in his eyes.

1 Kings 8:46
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:46 · retained source text

If they sinne against thee, ( for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them to the enemy, so that they cary them away captiues, vnto the land of the enemy, farre or neere;

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 6.36. eccles. 7.22. 1.iohn 1.8,10.

1 Kings 18:12
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 18:12 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe, as soone as I am gone from thee, that the spirit of the LORD shall cary thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot finde thee, he shall slay mee: but I thy seruant feare the LORD from my youth.

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