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chief

Meaning of “chief”

1. First, principal, highest, leading, greatest, most excellent, most important, or most responsible in rank, order, degree, value, or guilt. 2. A leader, head, principal ruler, officer, or principal member of a group.

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283 occurrences273 verses34 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 21:22

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1 Samuel 14:38
And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 14:38 · retained source text

And Saul said, Draw yee neere hither all the chiefe of the people: and know and see, wherein this sinne hath beene this day.

1611 marginal noteHeb. corners.

1611 marginal noteIudg. 20.2.

1 Samuel 15:21
But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 15:21 · retained source text

But the people tooke of the spoile, sheepe and oxen, the chiefe of the things which should haue bene vtterly destroyed, to sacrifice vnto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

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