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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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Deuteronomy 2:16
¶ So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:16 · retained source text

¶ So it came to passe, when all the men of warre were consumed and dead from among the people,

Deuteronomy 14:1
YE are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:1 · retained source text

¶ Yee are the children of the LORD your God: yee shall not cutte your selues, nor make any baldnesse betweene your eyes for the dead.

1611 marginal noteLeuit 19.28.

Deuteronomy 14:8
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:8 · retained source text

And the swine, because it diuideth the hoofe, yet cheweth not the cud, it is vncleane vnto you: ye shall not eate of their flesh, nor touch their dead carkeise.

Deuteronomy 25:5
¶ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 25:5 · retained source text

¶ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and haue no child, the wife of the dead shall not marrie without, vnto a stranger: her husbands brother shall go in vnto her, and take her to him to wife, and performe the duetie of an husbands brother vnto her.

1611 marginal noteOr, next kinseman.

1611 marginal noteMatt. 22.24. mar. 12.19. luk. 20.28.

Deuteronomy 25:6
And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 25:6 · retained source text

And it shall be, that the first borne which she beareth, shall succeede in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

Deuteronomy 26:14
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 26:14 · retained source text

I haue not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither haue I taken away ought thereof for any vncleane vse, nor giuen ought thereof for the dead: but I haue hearkened to the voyce of the LORD my God, and haue done according to all that thou hast commaunded me.

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