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commit

Meaning of “commit”

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

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

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First occurrence: Exodus 20:14

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Luke 16:11
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 16:11 · retained source text

If therefore yee haue not bene faithfull in the vnrighteous Mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

1611 marginal noteOr, riches.

Luke 18:20
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 18:20 · retained source text

Thou knowest the commaundements, Doe not commit adulterie, Doe not kill, Doe not steale, Doe not beare false witnesse, Honour thy father and thy mother.

John 2:24
But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 2:24 · retained source text

But Iesus did not commit himselfe vnto them, because he knew al men,

Romans 1:32
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 1:32 · retained source text

Who knowing the iudgement of God, (that they which commit such things, are worthy of death) not onely do the same, but haue pleasure in them that doe them.

1611 marginal noteOr, consent with them.

Romans 2:2
But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 2:2 · retained source text

But wee are sure that the iudgement of God is according to trueth, against them which commit such things.

Romans 2:22
Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 2:22 · retained source text

Thou that sayest a man should not commit adulterie, doest thou commit adulterie? thou that abhorrest idols, doest thou commit sacriledge?

Romans 13:9
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 13:9 · retained source text

For this, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steale, Thou shalt not beare false witnesse, Thou shalt not couet: and if there be any other commandement, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.

1 Corinthians 10:8
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 10:8 · retained source text

Neither let vs commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twentie thousand.

1611 marginal noteNum. 25.9.

1 Timothy 1:18
This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Timothy 1:18 · retained source text

This charge I commit vnto thee, sonne Timothie, according to the prophesies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest warre a good warfare,

2 Timothy 2:2
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Timothy 2:2 · retained source text

And the things that thou hast heard of mee among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithfull men, who shall be able to teach others also.

1611 marginal noteOr, by.

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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.

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