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cause

Meaning of “cause”

Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.

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328 occurrences317 verses51 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 7:4

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Isaiah 1:23
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:23 · retained source text

Thy princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doth the cause of the widowe come vnto them.

1611 marginal noteIer. 5.28. Zac.7.10.

Isaiah 3:12
¶ As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 3:12 · retained source text

¶ As for my people, children are their oppressours, and women rule ouer them: O my people, they which lead thee, cause thee to erre, and destroy the way of thy paths.

1611 marginal noteOr, they which call thee blessed.

1611 marginal noteHebr. swallow vp.

Isaiah 9:16
For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 9:16 · retained source text

For the leaders of this people cause them to erre, and they that are ledde of them, are destroyed.

1611 marginal noteOr, they that call them blessed.

1611 marginal noteOr, they that are called blessed of them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. swallowed vp.

Isaiah 10:30
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 10:30 · retained source text

Lift vp thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to bee heard vnto Laish, O poore Anathoth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. crie shrill with thy voice.

Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 13:10 · retained source text

For the starres of heauen, and the constellations thereof shall not giue their light: the sunne shalbe darkened in his going forth, and the moone shall not cause her light to shine.

1611 marginal noteEzek. 32.7. ioel.2.31 and 3.15. matth.24.29. mar.13.24. luc.21.25.

Isaiah 13:11
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 13:11 · retained source text

And I will punish the world for their euill, and the wicked for their iniquitie; and I will cause the arrogancie of the proud to cease, and will lay low the hautinesse of the terrible.

Isaiah 27:6
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 27:6 · retained source text

Hee shall cause them that come of Iacob to take roote: Israel shall blossome and budde, and fill the face of the world with fruite.

Isaiah 28:12
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 28:12 · retained source text

To whom he said, This is the rest wherwith ye may cause the weary to rest, and this is the refreshing, yet they would not heare.

Isaiah 30:11
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 30:11 · retained source text

Get ye out of the way: turne aside out of the path: cause the Holy one of Israel to cease from before vs.

Isaiah 30:30
And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 30:30 · retained source text

And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting downe of his arme, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a deuouring fire, with scattering and tempest and hailestones.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the glory of his voice.

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