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equality

Meaning of “equality”

A fair proportion or balance in which one person's abundance supplies another's want.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
2 occurrences1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: 2 Corinthians 8:14

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The KJV occurrence

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2 Corinthians 8:14
But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 8:14 · retained source text

But by an equalitie: that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want, that there may be equalitie,

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

2 Corinthians 8:14

Second Corinthians 8:14 directly defines the balance: present abundance supplies another’s want so neither lacks.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Evenness; uniformity; a state in which one thing is not inferior or superior to another in the respect compared.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 690