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drove

Meaning of “drove”

Sense 1: Forced or caused to move. Sense 2: As a noun, a herd, flock, or company of animals driven together.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
12 occurrences10 verses7 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 3:24

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “drove”

KJV PCE
Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 3:24 · retained source text

So he droue out the man: and he placed at the East of the garden of Eden, Cherubims, and a flaming sword, which turned euery way, to keepe the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 15:11
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 15:11 · retained source text

And when the fowles came downe vpon the carcases, Abram droue them away.

Genesis 32:16
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 32:16 · retained source text

And hee deliuered them into the hand of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and said vnto his seruants, Passe ouer before me, and put a space betwixt droue and droue.

Genesis 33:8
And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 33:8 · retained source text

And he said, What meanest thou by all this droue, which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. what is all this band to thee?

Exodus 2:17
And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 2:17 · retained source text

And the shepheards came and droue them away: but Moses stood vp and helped them, & watred their flocke.

Numbers 21:32
And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 21:32 · retained source text

And Moses sent to spy out Iaazer, and they tooke the villages thereof, and droue out the Amorites that were there.

Joshua 15:14
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 15:14 · retained source text

And Caleb droue thence the three sonnes of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.

1611 marginal noteIudg. 1.10.

1 Chronicles 8:13
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 8:13 · retained source text

Beriah also and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aialon, who droue away the inhabitants of Gath.

Habakkuk 3:6
He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Habakkuk 3:6 · retained source text

He stood and measured the earth: hee beheld and droue asunder the nations, and the euerlasting mountaines were scattered, the perpetuall hilles did bowe: his wayes are euerlasting.

John 2:15
And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 2:15 · retained source text

And when he had made a scourge of small cordes, he droue them all out of the Temple, and the sheepe & the oxen, and powred out the changers money, and ouerthrew the tables,

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A collection of cattle driven; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body; properly, a herd or flock driven.

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