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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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Psalms 108:9
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 108:9 · retained source text

Moab is my wash pot, ouer Edom wil I cast out my shooe: ouer Philistia will I triumph.

Psalms 108:11
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 108:11 · retained source text

Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast vs off? and wilt not thou, O God, goe foorth with our hostes?

Psalms 140:10
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 140:10 · retained source text

Let burning coales fall vpon them, let them be cast into the fire: into deepe pits, that they rise not vp againe.

Psalms 144:6
cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 144:6 · retained source text

Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoote out thine arrowes, and destroy them.

1611 marginal notePsal. 18.13,14.

Proverbs 22:10
cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 22:10 · retained source text

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall goe out; yea strife, and reproch shall cease.

1611 marginal notePsal.101.6

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Historical definitions

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.

volume 1, leaf 355, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 55)