If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
The 1611 reading
If the theft be certainely found in his hand aliue, whether it bee oxe or asse, or sheepe, he shall restore double.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Twice the amount, number, or measure. Sense 2: Of heart or mind, divided or inconsistent. Sense 3: Folded over or made of two parts or layers. Sense 4: To make twice as much or twofold; to fold or turn over upon itself.
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First occurrence: Genesis 43:12
Complete exact-word concordance
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
If the theft be certainely found in his hand aliue, whether it bee oxe or asse, or sheepe, he shall restore double.
¶ If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
¶ If a man shal deliuer vnto his neighbour money or stuffe to keepe, and it be stollen out of the mans house; if the thiefe be found, let him pay double.
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
For all maner of trespasse, whether it be for oxe, for asse, for sheepe, for raiment, or for any maner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his: the cause of both parties shall come before the Iudges, and whome the Iudges shall condemne, he shall pay double vnto his neighbour.
And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle.
And thou shalt couple fiue curtaines by themselues, and sixe curtaines by themselues, and shalt double the sixt curtaine in the forefront of the tabernacle.
It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.
It was foure square, they made the brestplate double: a spanne was the length therof, and a spanne the breadth thereof being doubled.
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Historical English dictionary sources
In composition, denotes, two ways, or twice the number or quantity.