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establish

Meaning of “establish”

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

Definition sources

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:18

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Genesis 6:18
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 6:18 · retained source text

But with thee wil I establish my Couenant: and thou shalt come into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.

Genesis 9:9
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:9 · retained source text

And I, behold, I establish my couenant with you, and with your seede after you:

Genesis 9:11
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 9:11 · retained source text

And I wil establish my couenant with you, neither shal all flesh be cut off any more, by the waters of a flood, neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.

1611 marginal noteEsa. 54.9.

Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 17:7 · retained source text

And I will establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee, in their generations for an euerlasting couenant, to bee a God vnto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

Genesis 17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 17:19 · retained source text

And God said, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my couenant with him, for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seed after him.

1611 marginal noteChap. 18.10. and 21.2.

Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 17:21 · retained source text

But my couenant wil I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall beare vnto thee, at this set time, in the next yeere.

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