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charge

Meaning of “charge”

Sense 1: To command, enjoin, or solemnly require; a command or injunction. Sense 2: A duty, trust, care, oversight, or a person or thing entrusted. Sense 3: To impute or accuse; an accusation or liability imputed. Sense 4: To impose a burden, payment, or obligation; a cost or expense. Sense 5: To entrust with or make responsible for a person, duty, or burden.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
102 occurrences94 verses29 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 26:5

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1 Kings 2:3
And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 2:3 · retained source text

And keepe the charge of the LORD thy God, to walke in his wayes, to keepe his Statutes, and his Commandements, & his Iudgements, and his Testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoeuer thou turnest thy selfe:

1611 marginal noteOr, doe wisely.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 29.9. iosh. 1.7.

1 Kings 4:28
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 4:28 · retained source text

Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries, brought they vnto the place where the officers were, euery man according to his charge.

1611 marginal noteOr, mules, or swift beasts.

1 Kings 11:28
And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 11:28 · retained source text

And the man Ieroboam was a mightie man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, hee made him ruler ouer all the charge of the house of Ioseph.

1611 marginal noteHeb. did worke.

1611 marginal noteHebr. burden.

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To lay on, as a duty. To entrust to. To impute to. To censure; to accuse. To lay on, give or communicate, as an order, command or earnest request; to enjoin; to exhort. An order, injunction, mandate, command. That which is enjoined, committed, entrusted or delivered to another. Imputation in a bad sense; accusation. Cost; expense.

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