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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 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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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.

Joshua 1:2
Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 1:2 · retained source text

Moses my seruant is dead: now therefore arise, goe ouer this Iordan, thou, and all this people, vnto the land which I doe giue to them, euen to the children of Israel.

Judges 2:19
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 2:19 · retained source text

And it came to passe when the Iudge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselues more then their fathers, in following other gods, to serue them, and to bow downe vnto them: they ceased not from their owne doings, nor from their stubborne way.

1611 marginal noteOr, were corrupt.

1611 marginal noteHebr. they let nothing fall of their.

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.11.

Judges 3:25
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 3:25 · retained source text

And they taried till they were ashamed: and behold, he opened not the doores of the parlour, therefore they tooke a key, and opened them: and behold, their lord was fallen downe dead on the earth.

Judges 4:1
AND the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
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1611 witness · Judges 4:1 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Israel againe did euil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

Judges 4:22
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 4:22 · retained source text

And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Iael came out to meet him, and said vnto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the naile was in his temples.

Judges 5:27
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 5:27 · retained source text

At her feete he bowed, he fell, he lay downe: at her feet he bowed, he fell; where he bowed, there he fel down dead.

1611 marginal noteHebr. betweene.

1611 marginal noteHeb. destroyed.

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