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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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Showing verses 51–60 of 317 · 328 word occurrences in this result

1 Kings 1:33
The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 1:33 · retained source text

The king also saide vnto them, Take with you the seruants of your lord, and cause Solomon my sonne to ride vpon mine owne mule, and bring him downe to Gihon.

1611 marginal noteHeb. which belongeth to me.

1 Kings 5:9
My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 5:9 · retained source text

My seruants shall bring them downe from Lebanon vnto the Sea: and I wil conuey them by sea in flotes, vnto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receiue them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giuing food for my houshold.

1611 marginal noteHebr. send.

1 Kings 8:31
¶ If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:31 · retained source text

¶ If any man trespasse against his neighbour, and an oath be laid vpon him to cause him to sweare, and the oath come before thine Altar in this house:

1611 marginal noteHeb. and he require an oath of him.

1 Kings 8:45
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:45 · retained source text

Then heare thou in heauen their prayer & their supplication, and mainteine their cause.

1611 marginal noteOr, right.

1 Kings 8:49
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:49 · retained source text

Then heare thou their prayer and their supplication in heauen thy dwelling place, and mainteine their cause,

1611 marginal noteOr, right.

1 Kings 8:59
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:59 · retained source text

And let these my wordes wherewith I haue made supplication before the LORD, be nigh vnto the LORD our God, day and night, that hee maintaine the cause of his seruant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

1611 marginal noteHeb. the thing of a day in his day.

1 Kings 11:27
And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 11:27 · retained source text

And this was the cause that hee lift vp his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the citie of Dauid his father.

1611 marginal noteHebr. closed.

1 Kings 12:15
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 12:15 · retained source text

Wherefore the king hearkened not vnto the people: for the cause was from the LORD, that hee might performe his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahiiah the Shilonite vnto Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat.

1611 marginal noteChap. 11.11.

2 Kings 19:7
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 19:7 · retained source text

Behold, I will send a blast vpon him, and he shall heare a rumour, and shall returne to his owne land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his owne land.

1 Chronicles 21:3
And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 21:3 · retained source text

And Ioab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many moe as they bee: but, my lord the king, are they not al my lords seruants? why then doeth my lord require this thing? why will hee bee a cause of trespasse to Israel?

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