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certain

Meaning of “certain”

1. A particular person, thing, place, time, amount, or number not named or not further specified; also some members or portion of a group. 2. Sure, settled, true, reliable, or known beyond doubt.

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196 occurrences194 verses29 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 28:11

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Deuteronomy 25:2
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 25:2 · retained source text

And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the Iudge shall cause him to lie downe, and to bee beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certaine number.

Judges 9:53
And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 9:53 · retained source text

And a certaine woman cast a piece of a milstone vpon Abimelechs head, and all to brake his scull.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 11.21.

Judges 13:2
¶ And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 13:2 · retained source text

¶ And there was a certaine man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah, and his wife was barren, and bare not.

Judges 19:1
AND it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 19:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe in those dayes, when there was no King in Israel, that there was a certaine Leuite soiourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who tooke to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Iudah.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a woman a concubine, or a wife a concubine.

1611 marginal noteChap. 17.6. and 18.1. and 21.25.

Judges 19:22
¶ Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 19:22 · retained source text

¶ Now as they were making their hearts merrie, behold, the men of the citie, certaine sonnes of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the doore, and spake to the master of the house, the olde man, saying; Bring foorth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.

Ruth 1:1
NOW it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ruth 1:1 · retained source text

¶ Nowe it came to passe in the dayes when y e Iudges ruled, that there was a famine in the land: and a certaine man of Bethlehem Iudah, went to soiourne in the countrey of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sonnes.

1611 marginal noteHebr. iudged.

1 Samuel 1:1
NOW there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 1:1 · retained source text

¶ Now there was a certaine man of Ramathaim Zophim, of mount Ephraim, & his name was Elkanah, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Elihu, the sonne of Tohu, the sonne of Zuph, an Ephrathite;

1 Samuel 21:7
Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 21:7 · retained source text

Now a certaine man of the seruants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD, and his name was Doeg an Edomite, the chiefest of the heardmen that belonged to Saul.

2 Samuel 18:10
And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 18:10 · retained source text

And a certaine man saw it, and told Ioab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an Oke.

1 Kings 2:37
For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 2:37 · retained source text

For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, & passest ouer the brooke Kidron, thou shalt know for certaine, that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shal be vpon thine owne head.

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