KJV dictionary & concordance

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.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

102 occurrences94 verses29 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 26:5

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Isaiah 10:6

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I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Isaiah 10:6 · retained source text

I will send him against an hypocriticall nation, and against the people of my wrath will I giue him a charge to take the spoile, and to take the praye, and to tread them downe like the mire of the streets.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to lay them a treading.

Complete reference index — all 94 verses

Genesis 26:5 Genesis 28:6 Exodus 6:13 Exodus 19:21 Leviticus 8:35 Numbers 1:53 Numbers 3:7 Numbers 3:8 Numbers 3:25 Numbers 3:28 Numbers 3:31 Numbers 3:32 Numbers 3:36 Numbers 3:38 Numbers 4:27 Numbers 4:28 Numbers 4:31 Numbers 4:32 Numbers 5:19 Numbers 5:21 Numbers 8:26 Numbers 9:19 Numbers 9:23 Numbers 18:3 Numbers 18:4 Numbers 18:5 Numbers 18:8 Numbers 27:19 Numbers 27:23 Numbers 31:30 Numbers 31:47 Numbers 31:49 Deuteronomy 3:28 Deuteronomy 11:1 Deuteronomy 21:8 Deuteronomy 31:14 Deuteronomy 31:23 Joshua 22:3 2 Samuel 14:8 2 Samuel 18:5 1 Kings 2:3 1 Kings 4:28 1 Kings 11:28 2 Kings 7:17 1 Chronicles 9:27 1 Chronicles 9:28 1 Chronicles 22:12 1 Chronicles 23:32 2 Chronicles 13:11 2 Chronicles 30:17 Nehemiah 7:2 Nehemiah 10:32 Esther 3:9 Esther 4:8 Job 34:13 Psalms 35:11 Psalms 91:11 Song of Solomon 2:7 Song of Solomon 3:5 Song of Solomon 5:8 Song of Solomon 5:9 Song of Solomon 8:4 Isaiah 10:6 Jeremiah 39:11 Jeremiah 47:7 Jeremiah 52:25 Ezekiel 9:1 Ezekiel 40:45 Ezekiel 40:46 Ezekiel 44:8 Ezekiel 44:11 Ezekiel 44:14 Ezekiel 44:15 Ezekiel 44:16 Ezekiel 48:11 Zechariah 3:7 Matthew 4:6 Mark 9:25 Luke 4:10 Acts 7:60 Acts 8:27 Acts 16:24 Acts 23:29 Romans 8:33 1 Corinthians 9:18 1 Thessalonians 5:27 1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 1:18 1 Timothy 5:7 1 Timothy 5:21 1 Timothy 6:13 1 Timothy 6:17 2 Timothy 4:1 2 Timothy 4:16

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Genesis 26:5 Numbers 3:38 Numbers 27:19 1 Kings 2:3 Esther 4:8 Ezekiel 9:1 Acts 8:27 2 Timothy 4:16 Numbers 3:31 Numbers 5:19 Numbers 18:8 Deuteronomy 21:8 Nehemiah 10:32 Psalms 35:11 Psalms 91:11 1 Corinthians 9:18 1 Timothy 1:18 1 Timothy 6:17

Historical English dictionary sources

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Webster 1828

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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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