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error

Meaning of “error”

A mistake, fault, false belief, wrong course, or departure from truth, law, justice, or right.

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13 occurrences13 verses11 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Samuel 6:7

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2 Samuel 6:7
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 6:7 · retained source text

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God smote him there for his errour, and there he died by the Arke of God.

1611 marginal noteOr, rashnesse.

Job 19:4
And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
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1611 witness · Job 19:4 · retained source text

And be it indeed that I haue erred, mine errour remaineth with my selfe.

Ecclesiastes 5:6
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 5:6 · retained source text

Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sinne, neither say thou before the Angel, that it was an errour: wherefore should God be angrie at thy voyce, and destroy the worke of thine hands?

Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 10:5 · retained source text

There is an euill which I haue seene vnder the Sunne, as an errour, which proceedeth from the ruler.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from before.

Isaiah 32:6
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 32:6 · retained source text

For the vile person wil speake villenie, and his heart will worke iniquitie, to practise hypocrisie, and to vtter errour against the LORD, to make emptie the soule of the hungry, and hee will cause the drinke of the thirstie to faile.

Daniel 6:4
¶ Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
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1611 witness · Daniel 6:4 · retained source text

¶ Then the Presidents and Princes sought to finde occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdome, but they could finde none occasion, nor fault: forasmuch as he was faithfull, neither was there any errour or fault found in him.

Matthew 27:64
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
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1611 witness · Matthew 27:64 · retained source text

Command therfore that the sepulchre be made sure, vntill the third day, lest his disciples come by night, & steale him away, and say vnto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last errour shalbe worse then the first.

Romans 1:27
And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
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1611 witness · Romans 1:27 · retained source text

And likewise also the men, leauing the naturall vse of the woman, burned in their lust one towards another, men with men working that which is vnseemely, and receiuing in themselues that recompense of their errour which was meet.

James 5:20
Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
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1611 witness · James 5:20 · retained source text

Let him know, that hee which conuerteth the sinner from the errour of his way, shall saue a soule from death, and shall hide a multitude of sinnes.

2 Peter 2:18
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Peter 2:18 · retained source text

For when they speake great svelling words of vanitie, they alure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonnesse, those that were cleane escaped from them who liue in errour.

1611 marginal noteOr, for a litle, or a while as some read.

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A deviation from truth; a mistake in judgment; a fault or departure from law, justice, right, or correct conduct.

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