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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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Numbers 9:10
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 9:10 · retained source text

Speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you, or of your posteritie shall be vncleane by reason of a dead body, or bee in a iourney afarre off, yet he shall keepe the Passeouer vnto the LORD.

Numbers 12:12
Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 12:12 · retained source text

Let her not bee as one dead, of whom the flesh is halfe consumed, when he commeth out of his mothers wombe.

Numbers 16:48
And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 16:48 · retained source text

And he stood betweene the dead and the liuing, and the plague was stayed.

Numbers 19:11
¶ He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 19:11 · retained source text

¶ He that toucheth the dead body of any man, shall bee vncleane seuen dayes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. soule.

Numbers 19:13
Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 19:13 · retained source text

Whosoeuer toucheth the dead bodie of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himselfe, defileth the Tabernacle of the LORD, and that soule shall be cut off from Israel, because the water of separation was not sprinckled vpon him: he shall be vncleane, his vncleannesse is yet vpon him.

Numbers 19:16
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 19:16 · retained source text

And whosoeuer toucheth one that is slaine with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a graue, shall be vncleane seuen dayes.

Numbers 19:18
And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 19:18 · retained source text

And a cleane person shall take hysope, and dippe it in the water, and sprinckle it vpon the tent, and vpon all the vessels, and vpon the persons that were there, and vpon him that touched a bone, or one slaine, or one dead, or a graue.

Numbers 20:29
And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 20:29 · retained source text

And when all the Congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty dayes, euen all the house of Israel.

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.

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