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chosen

Meaning of “chosen”

Selected, preferred, or appointed from among others.

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First occurrence: Exodus 14:7

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2 Chronicles 29:11
My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 29:11 · retained source text

My sonnes, bee not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serue him, and that you should minister vnto him, and burne incense.

1611 marginal noteOr, be not now deceiued.

1611 marginal noteOr, offer sacrifice.

1611 marginal noteNum.8.14 and 18.2,6.

2 Chronicles 33:7
And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 33:7 · retained source text

And hee set a carued image (the idole which he had made) in the house of God, of which God had said to Dauid, and to Solomon his sonne: In this house, and in Ierusalem which I haue chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name for euer.

1611 marginal notePsal. 132.14.

Nehemiah 1:9
But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 1:9 · retained source text

But if ye turne vnto me, and keepe my commandements, and doe them: though there were of you cast out vnto the vttermost part of the heauen, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them vnto the place that I haue chosen, to set my Name there.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 30.4.

Job 36:21
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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1611 witness · Job 36:21 · retained source text

Take heed, regard not iniquitie: for this hast thou chosen rather then affliction.

Psalms 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
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1611 witness · Psalms 33:12 · retained source text

Blessed is the nation, whose God is the LORD: and the people, whom he hath chosen for his owne inheritance.

1611 marginal notePsal.65.4 & 144.15.

Psalms 78:31
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
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1611 witness · Psalms 78:31 · retained source text

The wrath of God came vpon them, and slew the fattest of them: and smote downe the chosen men of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHeb. made to bow.

1611 marginal noteOr, yong men.

Psalms 89:3
I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,
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1611 witness · Psalms 89:3 · retained source text

I haue made a couenant with my chosen: I haue sworne vnto Dauid my seruant.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 7.11,&c.

Psalms 89:19
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 89:19 · retained source text

Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I haue laid helpe vpon one that is mightie: I haue exalted one chosen out of the people.

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