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clearing

Meaning of “clearing”

1. Acquitting or freeing from guilt. 2. Vindicating or showing oneself clear of blame.

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2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 14:18

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “clearing”

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Numbers 14:18
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The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:18 · retained source text

The LORD is long suffering, and of great mercie, forgiuing iniquitie and transgression, and by no meanes clearing the guiltie, visiting the iniquity of the fathers vpon the chldren, vnto the third and fourth generation.

1611 marginal noteExod. 34.6. psal. 103.8.

1611 marginal noteExod. 20.5. and 34.7.

2 Corinthians 7:11
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For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 7:11 · retained source text

For behold this selfe same thing that yee sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulnesse it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of your selues, yea, what indignation, yea what feare, yea what vehement desire, yea what zeale, yea what reuenge; In all things yee haue approued your selues to be cleare in this matter.

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2 Corinthians 7:11

What clearing of yourselves followed by approved yourselves to be clear directly explains the self-vindicating sense without exhausting every clearing sense.