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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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Exodus 26:37
And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 26:37 · retained source text

And thou shalt make for the Hanging fiue pillars of Shittim wood, and ouerlay them with gold, and their hookes shalbe of gold: and thou shalt cast fiue sockets of brasse for them.

Exodus 32:19
¶ And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 32:19 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe, assoone as he came nigh vnto the campe, that he saw the Calfe, and the dancing: and Moses anger waxed hot, and he cast the Tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

Exodus 32:24
And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 32:24 · retained source text

And I said vnto them, Whosoeuer hath any gold, let them breake it off: So they gaue it mee: then I cast it into the fire, & there came out this Calfe.

Exodus 34:24
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 34:24 · retained source text

For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt goe vp to appeare before the LORD thy God, thrice in the yeere.

Exodus 36:36
And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 36:36 · retained source text

And he made thereunto foure pillars of Shittim wood, and ouerlaide them with golde: their hookes were of gold: and he cast for them foure sockets of siluer.

Exodus 37:3
And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 37:3 · retained source text

And hee cast for it foure rings of gold, to be set by the foure corners of it: euen two rings vpon the one side of it, and two rings vpon the other side of it.

Exodus 37:13
And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 37:13 · retained source text

And hee cast for it foure rings of gold, and put the rings vpon the foure corners that were in the foure feete thereof.

Exodus 38:5
And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 38:5 · retained source text

And hee cast foure rings for the foure ends of the grate of brasse, to bee places for the staues.

Exodus 38:27
And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 38:27 · retained source text

And of the hundred talents of siluer, were cast the sockets of the Sanctuary, and the sockets of the vaile: an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

Leviticus 1:16
And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 1:16 · retained source text

And he shall plucke away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the East part, by the place of the ashes.

1611 marginal noteOr the filth thereof.

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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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