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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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364 occurrences331 verses45 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 20:3

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Ezekiel 6:5
And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 6:5 · retained source text

And I will lay the dead carkeises of the children of Israel before their idoles, and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.

1611 marginal noteHeb. giue.

Ezekiel 24:17
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 24:17 · retained source text

Forbeare to crie, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head vpon thee, and put on thy shooes vpon thy feete, and couer not thy lips, and eate not the bread of men.

1611 marginal noteHeb. be silent.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vpper lip. And so vers.22.

Ezekiel 44:25
And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 44:25 · retained source text

And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselues: but for father or for mother, or for sonne or for daughter, for brother or for sister, that hath had no husband, they may defile themselues.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 21.1, 11.

Ezekiel 44:31
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 44:31 · retained source text

The priests shall not eate of any thing that is dead of it selfe or torne, whether it be foule or beast.

1611 marginal noteExod.22.31. leuit.22 8.

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