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employment

Meaning of “employment”

Appointed work or service.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
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First occurrence: Ezekiel 39:14

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The KJV occurrence

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Ezekiel 39:14
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 39:14 · retained source text

And they shall seuer out men of continual emploiment, passing through the land, to burie with the passengers those that remaine vpon the face of the earth to clense it: after the end of seuen moneths shall they search.

1611 marginal noteHeb. men of continuance.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Occupation; business; appointed work or service.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 672