KJV dictionary & concordance
1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 21:10
Complete exact-word concordance
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Wherfore she said vnto Abraham, Cast out this bond woman, and her sonne: for the sonne of this bond woman shall not be heire with my sonne, euen with Isaac.
1611 marginal noteGal. 4.30.
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
And the water was spent in the bottle, and shee cast the child vnder one of the shrubs.
This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
This twentie yeeres haue I bene with thee: thy ewes and thy shee goates haue not cast their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
And Laban said to Iacob, Behold this heape, and behold this pillar, which I haue cast betwixt me and thee.
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Come now therefore, and let vs slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some euill beast hath deuoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreames.
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
And Reuben saide vnto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wildernesse, and lay no hand vpon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliuer him to his father againe.
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
And they tooke him and cast him into a pit: and the pit was emptie, there was no water in it.
¶ And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
¶ And it came to passe after these things, that his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and shee said, Lie with me.
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Euery sonne that is borne, yee shall cast into the riuer, and euery daughter ye shall saue aliue.
And he said, cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
And he said, Cast it on the ground: And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent: and Moses fled from before it.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To make to preponderate; to throw into one scale, for the purpose of giving it superior weight; to decide by a vote that gives a superiority in numbers; as, to cast the balance in ones favor; a casting vote or voice. […] To cast forth, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit, or send abroad; to exhale.
