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continuance

Meaning of “continuance”

A holding on or remaining in a particular state, or in a course or series.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
5 occurrences4 verses4 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 28:59

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Every verse containing “continuance”

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Deuteronomy 28:59
Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:59 · retained source text

Then the LORD wil make thy plagues wonderfull, and the plagues of thy seed, euen great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

Psalms 139:16
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 139:16 · retained source text

Thine eyes did see my substance yet being vnperfect, and in thy booke all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned: when as yet there was none of them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. all of them.

1611 marginal noteOr, what dayes they should be fashioned.

Isaiah 64:5
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 64:5 · retained source text

Thou meetest him that reioyceth, and worketh righteousnesse, those that remember thee in thy wayes: behold, thou art wroth, for we haue sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saued.

Romans 2:7
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 2:7 · retained source text

To them, who by patient continuance in well doing, seeke for glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, eternall life:

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A holding on or remaining in a particular state, or in a course or series.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 475