KJV dictionary & concordance
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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First occurrence: Genesis 21:22
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Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
Saying, The Sonne of man must suffer many things, and be reiected of the Elders, and chiefe Priests, and Scribes, and be slaine, and be raised the third day.
1611 marginal noteMat. 17.22.
But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
But some of them said, Hee casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils.
1611 marginal noteMat. 9.34. and 12.24.
AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
¶ And it came to passe, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharises to eat bread on y e Sabbath day, that they watched him.
¶ And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
¶ And he put foorth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe roumes, saying vnto them,
And, behold, there was a man named Zacchæus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, which was the cheefe among the Publicanes, and he was rich.
And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
And he taught daily in the Temple. But the chiefe Priestes and the Scribes, and the chiefe of the people sought to destroy him,
AND it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,
¶ And it came to passe, that on one of those dayes, as he taught the people in the Temple, and preached the Gospel, the chiefe Priests and the Scribes came vpon him, with the Elders,
1611 marginal noteMatt. 21.23.
¶ And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
¶ And the chiefe Priests and the Scribes the same houre sought to lay hands on him, and they feared the people: for they perceiued that he had spoken this parable against them.
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
Beware of the Scribes, which desire to walke in long robes, and loue greetings in the markets, and the highest seates in the Synagogues, and the chiefe roumes at feasts:
1611 marginal noteMat. 23.5.
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
And the chiefe Priests and Scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
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