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chose

Meaning of “chose”

Selected or preferred.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
29 occurrences27 verses16 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:2

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Isaiah 66:4
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 66:4 · retained source text

I also will chuse their delusions, and will bring their feares vpon them; because when I called, none did answere, when I spake they did not heare: but they did euill before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

1611 marginal noteOr, deuices.

1611 marginal notePro. 1.24. iere.7.13.

1611 marginal noteChap.65.12.

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The past tense and past participle of choose.

volume 1, leaf 391, column 1 (main_dictionary)