KJV dictionary & concordance

even

Meaning of “even”

1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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1,393 occurrences1,345 verses65 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:17

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Amos 5:1

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HEAR ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Amos 5:1 · retained source text

¶ Heare ye this word which I take vp against you, euen a lamentation, O house of Israel.

Amos 5:20

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Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

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Shall not the day of the LORD be darkenes, and not light? euen very darke, and no brightnesse in it?

Amos 8:4

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¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

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¶ Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the needy, euen to make the poore of the land to faile,

Amos 8:12

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And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

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And they shall wander from Sea to Sea, and from the North euen to the East they shall runne to and fro, to seeke the worde of the LORD, and shall not finde it.

Amos 8:14

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They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

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They that sweare by the sinne of Samaria, and say, Thy God, O Dan, liueth, and the manner of Beer-sheba liueth, euen they shall fall, and neuer rise vp againe.

Obadiah 1:7

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All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.

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1611 witness · Obadiah 1:7 · retained source text

All the men of thy confederacie haue brought thee euen to the border: the men that were at peace with thee, haue deceiued thee, and preuailed against thee: they that eate thy bread haue laide a wound vnder thee: there is none vnderstanding in him.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the men of thy peace.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the men of thy bread.

1611 marginal noteOr, of it.

Obadiah 1:8

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Shall I not in that day, saith the Lord, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

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Shal I not in that day, saith the LORD, euen destroy the wise men out of Edom, and vnderstanding out of the mount of Esau?

1611 marginal noteIsa.49.14. ier.49.7.

Obadiah 1:11

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In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

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In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers caried away captiue his forces, and forreiners entred into his gates, and cast lots vpon Ierusalem, euen thou wast as one of them.

1611 marginal noteOr, caried away his substance.

Obadiah 1:20

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And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

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And the captiuitie of this hoste of the children of Israel shall possesse that of the Canaanites euen vnto Zarephath, and the captiuitie of Ierusalem which is in Sepharad, shall possesse the cities of the South.

1611 marginal noteOr, shall possesse that which is in Sepharad.

Jonah 2:5

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