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cast

Meaning of “cast”

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.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
501 occurrences474 verses47 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 21:10

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Isaiah 2:20
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 2:20 · retained source text

In that day a man shall cast his idoles of siluer, and his idoles of golde which they made each one for himselfe to worship, to the moules and to the battes:

1611 marginal noteHebr. the idols of his siluer,&c.

1611 marginal noteOr, which they made for him.

Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 5:24 · retained source text

Therfore as the fire deuoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaffe, so their root shall be rottennes, and their blossome shall goe vp as dust: because they haue cast away the Lawe of the LORD of hosts, and despised the worde of the Holy One of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the tongue of fire.

Isaiah 6:13
¶ But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 6:13 · retained source text

¶ But yet in it shalbe a tenth, and it shall returne, and shall be eaten: as a Teyle tree, and as an Oke whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaues: so the holy seede shall be the substance thereof.

1611 marginal noteOr, when it is returned and hath bin broused.

1611 marginal noteOr, stocke, or stemme.

Isaiah 14:19
But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 14:19 · retained source text

But thou art cast out of thy graue, like an abominable branch: and as the raiment of those that are slaine, thrust through with a sword, that goe downe to the stones of the pit, as a carkeis troden vnder feete.

Isaiah 16:2
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 16:2 · retained source text

For it shalbe that as a wandering bird cast out of the nest: so the daughters of Moab shalbe at the fordes of Arnon.

1611 marginal noteOr, a nest forsaken.

Isaiah 19:8
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 19:8 · retained source text

The fishers also shall mourne, and all they that cast angle into the brookes shall lament, and they that spread nets vpon the waters shall languish.

Isaiah 25:7
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 25:7 · retained source text

And he wil destroy in this mountaine the face of the couering cast ouer all people, and the vaile that is spread ouer all nations.

1611 marginal noteHeb. swallow vp.

1611 marginal noteHebr. couered.

Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 26:19 · retained source text

Thy dead men shall liue, together with my dead body shall they arise: awake and sing yee that dwell in dust: for thy dewe is as the dewe of herbes, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Isaiah 28:2
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 28:2 · retained source text

Behold, the LORD hath a mightie and strong one, which as a tempest of haile and a destroying storme, as a flood of mightie waters ouerflowing, shall cast downe to the earth with the hand.

Isaiah 28:25
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 28:25 · retained source text

When hee hath made plaine the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principall wheate, and the appointed barly and the rye in their place?

1611 marginal noteOr, the wheat in the principall place and barley in the appointed place.

1611 marginal noteOr, spelt.

1611 marginal noteHeb. border.

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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.

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