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establish

Meaning of “establish”

To make firm, confirm, appoint, or cause to stand.

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KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
44 occurrences43 verses20 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:18

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Daniel 6:7
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
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1611 witness · Daniel 6:7 · retained source text

All the Presidents of the kingdome, the gouernours, and the Princes, the counsellers and the captaines haue consulted together to establish a royall statute, and to make a firme decree, that whosoeuer shall aske a petition of any God or man for thirty dayes, saue of thee, O King, hee shall be cast into the denne of Lions.

1611 marginal noteOr, interdict.

Daniel 6:8
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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1611 witness · Daniel 6:8 · retained source text

Now, O king, establish the decree, and signe the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes & Persians, which altereth not.

1611 marginal noteCald. passeth not.

1611 marginal noteEsth.2.1, and 8.8.

Daniel 11:14
And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
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1611 witness · Daniel 11:14 · retained source text

And in those times there shall many stand vp against the King of the South: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselues to establish the vision, but they shall fall.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the children of robbers.

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