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confirm

Meaning of “confirm”

To make firm, strengthen, establish, ratify, or give assurance of the truth or force of what is named.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
13 occurrences13 verses11 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Ruth 4:7

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Daniel 9:27
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 9:27 · retained source text

And hee shall confirme the couenant with many for one weeke: and in the midst of the weeke he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the ouerspreading of abominations hee shall make it desolate, euen vntill the consummation, & that determined, shalbe powred vpon the desolate.

1611 marginal noteOr, with the abominable armies.

1611 marginal noteMat. 24.15. marke 13.14. luke 21.20.

Daniel 11:1
ALSO I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
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1611 witness · Daniel 11:1 · retained source text

¶ Also I, in the first yeere of Darius the Mede, euen I stood to confirme and to strengthen him.

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To make firm or stronger; to settle or establish; to give assurance; to ratify.

volume 1, leaf 457, column 2 (main_dictionary)