KJV dictionary & concordance

eldest

Meaning of “eldest”

Oldest, especially the firstborn among siblings.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

14 occurrences14 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 24:2

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2 Chronicles 22:1

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AND the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 22:1 · retained source text

¶ And the inhabitants of Ierusalem made Ahaziah his yongest sonne, king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the campe, had slaine all the eldest. So Ahaziah the sonne of Iehoram king of Iudah reigned.

1611 marginal note2.King. 8.24,&c.

1611 marginal noteChap. 21.17.

Job 1:13

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¶ And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Job 1:13 · retained source text

¶ And there was a day, when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house:

Job 1:18

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While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Job 1:18 · retained source text

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, & said, Thy sonnes, and thy daughters, were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house.

John 8:9

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And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

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1611 witness · John 8:9 · retained source text

And they which heard it, being conuicted by their owne conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, euen vnto the last: and Iesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.