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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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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
13 occurrences13 verses11 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Samuel 6:7

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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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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.

2 Peter 3:17
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Peter 3:17 · retained source text

Ye therefore, beloued, seeing yee know these things before, beware lest yee also being led away with the errour of the wicked, fall from your owne stedfastnesse.

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

volume 1, leaf 695, column 1-2 (main_dictionary)