KJV dictionary & concordance

every

Meaning of “every”

Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

1,238 occurrences1,060 verses60 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:21

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James 1:14

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But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · James 1:14 · retained source text

But euery man is tempted, when hee is drawen away of his owne lust, and entised.

James 1:17

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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

2 word occurrences in this verse

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Euery good gift, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, & commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whom is no variablenesse, neither shadow of turning.

James 1:19

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Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

1 word occurrence in this verse

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1611 witness · James 1:19 · retained source text

Wherefore my beloued brethren, let euery man bee swift to heare, slow to speake, slow to wrath.

James 3:7

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For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

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1611 witness · James 3:7 · retained source text

For euery kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind.

1611 marginal noteGr. nature.

1611 marginal noteGr. nature of man.

James 3:16

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For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

1 word occurrence in this verse

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1611 witness · James 3:16 · retained source text

For where enuying and strife is, there is confusion, and euery euill worke.

1611 marginal noteGr. tumult or vnquietnesse.

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James 1:14 James 1:17 James 1:19 James 3:7 James 3:16

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Genesis 1:21 Deuteronomy 12:13 Isaiah 43:7 Romans 3:19 1 Corinthians 11:4 Philippians 4:21-22 Revelation 22:18 2 Corinthians 9:8 Philippians 4:21 Philippians 4:22 Numbers 1:4 1 Samuel 23:14 Esther 2:13 Jeremiah 4:29 Daniel 12:1 Romans 2:6

Historical English dictionary sources

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Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

[Old Eng. everich. It is formed from ever.] Each individual of a whole collection or aggregate number. The word includes the whole number, but each separately stated or considered. Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Psalms 39:5.

volume 1, leaf 704, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 172)

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