KJV dictionary & concordance
Honour, rank, worth, or elevation of station or character.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 49:3
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
¶ Reuben, thou art my first borne, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellencie of dignitie, and the excellencie of power:
And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
And the king said, What honour and dignitie hath bene done to Mordecai for this? Then said the kings seruants that ministred vnto him, There is nothing done for him.
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
Folly is set in great dignitie; and the rich sit in lowe place.
1611 marginal noteHeb. in great heights.
They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
They are terrible and dreadfull: their iudgement and their dignity shal proceed of themselues.
1611 marginal noteOr, from them shall proceed the iudgement of these, and the captiuity of these.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Honour; rank; elevation of station or character; true worth or excellence.
