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commit

Meaning of “commit”

To do or perpetrate; to entrust, deliver, consign, or place in custody.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
75 occurrences67 verses26 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 20:14

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Numbers 5:6
Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the Lord, and that person be guilty;
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 5:6 · retained source text

Speake vnto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sinne that men commit, to doe a trespasse against the LORD, and that person be guiltie;

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 6.3.

Numbers 5:12
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 5:12 · retained source text

Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, If any mans wife goe aside, and commit a trespasse against him;

Numbers 25:1
AND Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 25:1 · retained source text

¶ And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people begun to commit whoredome with the daughters of Moab.

1611 marginal noteChap. 33.49.

Numbers 31:16
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 31:16 · retained source text

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsell of Balaam, to commit trespasse against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the Congregation of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteChap. 25.2.

1611 marginal note2.Pet. 2.15.

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Historical definitions

To give in trust; to put into the hands or power of another; to entrust; with to. […] To do; to effect or perpetrate; as, to commit murder, treason, felony, or trespass.

volume 1, leaf 432, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 224)