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equal

Meaning of “equal”

Sense 1: The same in measure, value, standing, or likeness. Sense 2: Just, right, or even.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
21 occurrences18 verses12 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Job 28:17

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Ezekiel 33:17
¶ Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 33:17 · retained source text

¶ Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the LORD is not equall: but as for them, their way is not equall.

Ezekiel 33:20
¶ Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 33:20 · retained source text

¶ Yet yee say, The way of the LORD is not equall, O yee house of Israel; I will iudge you euery one after his wayes.

1611 marginal noteChap. 18.25.

Matthew 20:12
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 20:12 · retained source text

Saying, These last haue wrought but one houre, and thou hast made them equall vnto vs, which haue borne the burden, and heat of the day.

1611 marginal noteOr, haue continued one houre onely.

Luke 20:36
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 20:36 · retained source text

Neither can they die any more; for they are equall vnto the Angels, and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 5:18 · retained source text

Therefore the Iewes sought the more to kill him, not onely because hee had broken the Sabbath, but said also, that God was his father, making himselfe equall with God.

Philippians 2:6
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Philippians 2:6 · retained source text

Who being in the forme of God, thought it not robbery to bee equall with God:

Colossians 4:1
MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Colossians 4:1 · retained source text

¶ Masters, giue vnto your seruants that which is iust and equall, knowing that yee also haue a Master in heauen.

Revelation 21:16
And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Revelation 21:16 · retained source text

And the city lieth foure square, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelue thousand furlongs: the length, and the breadth, and the height of it are equall.

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