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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.

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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Song of Solomon 2:7
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 2:7 · retained source text

I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes, and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till she please.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I adiure you.

1611 marginal noteChap.3.5. and 8.4.

Song of Solomon 3:5
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 3:5 · retained source text

I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes and by the Hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till he please.

1611 marginal noteChap 2.7. and 8.4.

Song of Solomon 5:8
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 5:8 · retained source text

I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, if ye find my beloued, that yee tell him, that I am sicke of loue.

1611 marginal noteHeb. what.

Song of Solomon 5:9
¶ What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 5:9 · retained source text

¶ What is thy beloued more then another beloued, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloued more then another beloued, that thou doest so charge vs?

Song of Solomon 8:4
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 8:4 · retained source text

I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue vntill he please.

1611 marginal noteHeb. why should yee stirre vp, or why,&c?

1611 marginal noteChap.3.5. and 2.7.

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Historical definitions

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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