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descend

Meaning of “descend”

To go downward; go down.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Cawdrey 1604
10 occurrences10 verses9 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 34:11

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Every verse containing “descend”

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Numbers 34:11
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 34:11 · retained source text

And the coast shall goe downe from Shepham to Riblah, on the East side of Ain: and the border shall descend and shall reach vnto the side of the sea of Chinnereth Eastward.

1611 marginal noteHebr. shoulder.

1 Samuel 26:10
David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 26:10 · retained source text

Dauid said furthermore, As the LORD liueth, the LORD shal smite him, or his day shall come to die, or hee shall descend into battell, and perish.

Psalms 49:17
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 49:17 · retained source text

For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

1611 marginal noteIob.27.19.

Isaiah 5:14
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:14 · retained source text

Therefore hell hath enlarged her selfe, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pompe, and hee that reioyceth, shall descend into it.

Ezekiel 26:20
When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 26:20 · retained source text

When I shall bring thee downe, with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of olde, with them that goe downe to the pit, that thou bee not inhabited, and I shall set glorie in the land of the liuing:

Ezekiel 31:16
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 31:16 · retained source text

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him downe to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drinke water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

Mark 15:32
Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 15:32 · retained source text

Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the Crosse, that we may see and beleeue: And they that were crucified with him, reuiled him.

Acts 11:5
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 11:5 · retained source text

I was in the citie of Ioppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, a certaine vessell descend, as it had beene a great sheete, let downe from heauen by foure corners, and it came euen to me.

Romans 10:7
Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
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1611 witness · Romans 10:7 · retained source text

Or, Who shall descend into the deepe? That is to bring vp Christ againe from the dead.

1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Thessalonians 4:16 · retained source text

For the Lord himselfe shall descend from heauen with a shout, with the voyce of the Archangel, and with the trumpe of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

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