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dead

Meaning of “dead”

Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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First occurrence: Genesis 20:3

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Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 20:3 · retained source text

But God came to Abimelech in a dreame by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken: for shee is a mans wife.

1611 marginal noteHeb. married to an husband.

Genesis 23:3
¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 23:3 · retained source text

¶ And Abraham stood vp from before his dead, & spake vnto the sonnes of Heth, saying,

Genesis 23:4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 23:4 · retained source text

I am a stranger and a soiourner with you: giue me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Genesis 23:6
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 23:6 · retained source text

Heare vs, my LORD, thou art a mightie Prince amongst vs: in the choise of our sepulchres bury thy dead: none of vs shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a Prince of God.

Genesis 23:8
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 23:8 · retained source text

And hee communed with them, saying, if it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, heare me, and entreat for me to Ephron the sonne of Zohar:

Genesis 23:11
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 23:11 · retained source text

Nay, my LORD, heare mee: the field giue I thee, and the caue that is therein, I giue it thee, in the presence of the sonnes of my people giue I it thee: bury thy dead.

Genesis 23:13
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 23:13 · retained source text

And he spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt giue it, I pray thee, heare mee: I will giue thee money for the field: take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

Genesis 23:15
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 23:15 · retained source text

My LORD, hearken vnto mee: the land is worth foure hundred shekels of siluer: what is that betwixt mee and thee? bury therefore thy dead.

Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 42:38 · retained source text

And he said, My sonne shall not goe downe with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischiefe befall him by the way in the which yee goe, then shall ye bring downe my gray haires with sorrow to the graue.

Genesis 44:20
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 44:20 · retained source text

And we said vnto my LORD, Wee haue a father, an olde man, and a childe of his old age, a little one: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loueth him.

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