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every

Meaning of “every”

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

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1,238 occurrences1,060 verses60 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 1:21

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Job 1:4
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 1:4 · retained source text

And his sonnes went and feasted in their houses, euery one his day, and sent and called for their three sisters, to eate and to drinke with them.

Job 1:10
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 1:10 · retained source text

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on euery side? thou hast blessed the worke of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

1611 marginal noteOr, cattell.

Job 2:11
¶ Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 2:11 · retained source text

¶ Now when Iobs three friends heard of all this euill, that was come vpon him, they came euery one from his owne place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had made an appointment together to come to mourne with him, and to comfort him.

Job 2:12
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 2:12 · retained source text

And when they lift vp their eyes afarre off, and knew him not, they lifted vp their voice, and wept; and they rent euery one his mantle, and sprinckled dust vpon their heades toward heauen.

Job 7:18
And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 7:18 · retained source text

And that thou shouldest visite him euery morning, and trie him euery moment?

Job 12:10
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 12:10 · retained source text

In whose hand is the soule of euery liuing thing, and the breath of all mankinde.

1611 marginal noteOr, life.

1611 marginal noteHeb. all flesh of man.

Job 18:11
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 18:11 · retained source text

Terrours shall make him afraid on euery side, and shall driue him to his feete.

1611 marginal noteHeb. scatter him.

Job 19:10
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 19:10 · retained source text

He hath destroyed me on euery side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he remooued like a tree.

Job 20:22
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 20:22 · retained source text

In the fulnesse of his sufficiencie, he shalbe in straites: euery hand of the wicked shall come vpon him.

1611 marginal noteOr, troublesome.

Job 21:33
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 21:33 · retained source text

The cloudes of the valley shalbe sweete vnto him, and euery man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

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Where “every” appears

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Genesis91 occurrences
66 verses
Exodus69 occurrences
55 verses
Leviticus35 occurrences
29 verses
Numbers86 occurrences
74 verses
Deuteronomy32 occurrences
30 verses
Joshua11 occurrences
11 verses
Judges25 occurrences
22 verses
1 Samuel28 occurrences
23 verses
2 Samuel20 occurrences
18 verses
1 Kings27 occurrences
23 verses
2 Kings28 occurrences
19 verses
1 Chronicles21 occurrences
18 verses
2 Chronicles39 occurrences
36 verses
Ezra7 occurrences
7 verses
Nehemiah20 occurrences
19 verses
Esther26 occurrences
15 verses
Job22 occurrences
20 verses
Psalms35 occurrences
35 verses
Proverbs21 occurrences
21 verses
Ecclesiastes14 occurrences
11 verses
Song of Solomon4 occurrences
4 verses
Isaiah58 occurrences
45 verses
Jeremiah94 occurrences
74 verses
Lamentations3 occurrences
3 verses
Ezekiel89 occurrences
73 verses
Daniel6 occurrences
6 verses
Hosea2 occurrences
2 verses
Joel2 occurrences
2 verses
Amos6 occurrences
6 verses
Obadiah1 occurrence
1 verse
Jonah3 occurrences
3 verses
Micah3 occurrences
3 verses
Habakkuk1 occurrence
1 verse
Zephaniah4 occurrences
4 verses
Haggai3 occurrences
3 verses
Zechariah19 occurrences
17 verses
Malachi3 occurrences
3 verses
Matthew26 occurrences
24 verses
Mark9 occurrences
8 verses
Luke28 occurrences
27 verses
John16 occurrences
15 verses
Acts32 occurrences
31 verses
Romans18 occurrences
15 verses
1 Corinthians35 occurrences
31 verses
2 Corinthians12 occurrences
11 verses
Galatians5 occurrences
5 verses
Ephesians8 occurrences
7 verses
Philippians11 occurrences
10 verses
Colossians7 occurrences
5 verses
1 Thessalonians4 occurrences
4 verses
2 Thessalonians4 occurrences
4 verses
1 Timothy3 occurrences
3 verses
2 Timothy3 occurrences
3 verses
Titus3 occurrences
3 verses
Philemon1 occurrence
1 verse
Hebrews17 occurrences
16 verses
James6 occurrences
5 verses
1 Peter4 occurrences
4 verses
1 John7 occurrences
7 verses
Revelation21 occurrences
19 verses

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

[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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