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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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2 Kings 3:5
But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 3:5 · retained source text

But it came to passe when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

1611 marginal noteChap. 1.1.

2 Kings 4:1
NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:1 · retained source text

¶ Now there cryed a certaine woman of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy seruant did feare the LORD: and the creditour is come to take vnto him my two sonnes to be bondmen.

2 Kings 4:32
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:32 · retained source text

And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid vpon his bed.

2 Kings 8:5
And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:5 · retained source text

And it came to passe as he was telling the King how hee had restored a dead body to life, that behold, the woman whose sonne he had restored to life, cryed to the King for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord O king, this is the woman, and this is her sonne, whom Elisha restored to life.

2 Kings 11:1
AND when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 11:1 · retained source text

¶ And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah sawe that her sonne was dead, she arose, and destroyed all the seed royall.

1611 marginal noteHeb. seede of the kingdome.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 22.10.

2 Kings 19:35
¶ And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 19:35 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe that night, that the Angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the campe of the Assyrians, an hundred foure score and fiue thousand: and when they arose earely in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

1611 marginal noteIsa. 37.36. tob. 1.21. ecclus. 48.24. 1.macc. 7.41. 2.Macca. 8.19.

2 Kings 23:30
And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 23:30 · retained source text

And his seruants caried him in a charet dead from Megiddo, & brought him to Ierusalem, and buried him in his owne sepulchre: and the people of the land tooke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his fathers stead.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 36.1.

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