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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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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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The 1611 reading
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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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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.

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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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