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concerning

Meaning of “concerning”

Regarding, relating to, or about.

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242 occurrences219 verses46 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 5:29

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Jeremiah 7:22
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:22 · retained source text

For I spake not vnto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.

1611 marginal noteHebr. concerning the matter of.

Jeremiah 14:1
THE word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:1 · retained source text

¶ The word of the LORD that came to Ieremiah concerning the dearth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the words of the dearths or restraints.

Jeremiah 14:15
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:15 · retained source text

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophecie in my Name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land, By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

Jeremiah 16:3
For thus saith the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land;
4 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 16:3 · retained source text

For thus sayth the LORD concerning the sonnes and concerning the daughters that are borne in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begate them in this land:

Jeremiah 18:7
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 18:7 · retained source text

At what instant I shall speake concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome, to plucke vp and to pull downe, and to destroy it.

1611 marginal noteChap.1.10.

Jeremiah 18:9
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 18:9 · retained source text

And at what instant I shall speake concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome to build and to plant it;

Jeremiah 22:18
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 22:18 · retained source text

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother, or ah sister: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah LORD, or ah his glory.

Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 23:15 · retained source text

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the Prophets; Behold, I will feede them with wormewood, and make them drinke the water of gall: for from the Prophets of Ierusalem is profanenesse gone forth into all the land.

1611 marginal noteOr, hypocrisie.

1611 marginal noteCha.8.14 and 9.15.

Jeremiah 25:1
THE word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:1 · retained source text

¶ The word that came to Ieremiah concerning all the people of Iudah, in the fourth yeere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah king of Iudah, that was the first yeere of Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon:

Jeremiah 27:19
¶ For thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
4 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 27:19 · retained source text

¶ For thus saith the LORD of hostes concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remaine in this citie,

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