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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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Job 26:5
dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 26:5 · retained source text

Dead things are formed from vnder the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

1611 marginal noteOr, with the inhabitants.

Psalms 31:12
I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 31:12 · retained source text

I am forgotten as a dead man out of minde: I am like a broken vessell.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a vessell that perisheth.

Psalms 76:6
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 76:6 · retained source text

At thy rebuke, O God of Iacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleepe.

Psalms 79:2
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 79:2 · retained source text

The dead bodies of thy seruants haue they giuen to bee meate vnto the foules of the heauen: the flesh of thy Saints vnto the beasts of the earth.

Psalms 88:5
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 88:5 · retained source text

Free among the dead, like the slaine that lie in the graue, whom thou remembrest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

1611 marginal noteOr, by thy hand.

Psalms 88:10
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 88:10 · retained source text

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shal the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

Psalms 106:28
They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 106:28 · retained source text

They ioyned themselues also vnto Baal-Peor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead.

1611 marginal noteNum. 25.3.

Psalms 110:6
He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 110:6 · retained source text

He shal iudge among the heathen, he shal fil the places with the dead bodies: he shall wound the heads ouer many countries.

1611 marginal noteOr, great.

Psalms 143:3
For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 143:3 · retained source text

For the enemie hath persecuted my soule, he hath smitten my life downe to the ground: hee hath made mee to dwell in darkenesse, as those that haue bene long dead.

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