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clear

Meaning of “clear”

Sense 1: Innocent or free from guilt. Sense 2: Manifest or plain. Sense 3: As a verb, to acquit.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
15 occurrences14 verses10 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 24:8

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Genesis 24:8
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 24:8 · retained source text

And if the woman wil not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt bee cleare from this my othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe.

Genesis 24:41
Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 24:41 · retained source text

Then shalt thou bee cleare from this my oath, when thou commest to my kinred, and if they giue not thee one, thou shalt be cleare from my oath.

Genesis 44:16
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 44:16 · retained source text

And Iudah said, What shall wee say vnto my LORD? what shal we speake? or how shall we cleare our selues? God hath found out the iniquitie of thy seruants: beholde, wee are my lords seruants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

Exodus 34:7
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 34:7 · retained source text

Keeping mercie for thousands, forgiuing iniquitie and transgression and sinne, and that will by no meanes cleere the guiltie, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, and vpon the childrens children, vnto the third and to the fourth generation.

1611 marginal noteExod. 20.5. deut. 5.9. ierem. 32.18.

2 Samuel 23:4
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:4 · retained source text

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the Sunne riseth, euen a morning, without cloudes; as the tender grasse springing out of the earth by cleare shining after raine:

Psalms 51:4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 51:4 · retained source text

Against thee, thee onely haue I sinned, and done this euill in thy sight: that thou mightest bee iustified when thou speakest, and be cleare when thou iudgest.

1611 marginal noteRom. 3.4.

Song of Solomon 6:10
¶ Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 6:10 · retained source text

¶ Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, faire as the moone, cleare as the sunne, and terrible as an armie with banners?

Isaiah 18:4
For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 18:4 · retained source text

For so the LORD sayd vnto me: I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a cleare heate vpon herbes, and like a cloud of dew in the heate of haruest.

1611 marginal noteOr, regard my set dwelling.

1611 marginal noteOr, after raine.

Amos 8:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 8:9 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, saith the LORD God, that I will cause the Sunne to go downe at noone, and I will darken the earth in the cleare day.

Zechariah 14:6
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 14:6 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, that the light shall not be cleare, nor darke.

1611 marginal noteHebr. precious.

1611 marginal noteHebr. thicknesse.

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