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fallen

Meaning of “fallen”

1. Come or gone down from a higher or upright position; dropped or collapsed. 2. Slain, defeated, overthrown, ruined, or declined from a former position or state. 3. Come upon, into, under, or away from a person, thing, place, condition, influence, or relation. 4. Assigned or allotted. 5. In “fallen out,” happened or resulted. 6. In “fallen to,” gone over or surrendered to another side.

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:6

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2 Samuel 3:38
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 3:38 · retained source text

And the King said vnto his seruants, Knowe yee not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

2 Samuel 22:39
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 22:39 · retained source text

And I haue consumed them and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen vnder my feet.

2 Kings 13:14
¶ Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 13:14 · retained source text

¶ Nowe Elisha was fallen sicke, of his sicknesse whereof he died, and Ioash the king of Israel came downe vnto him, and wept ouer his face, and said, O my father, my father, the charet of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

1 Chronicles 10:8
¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 10:8 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slaine, that they found Saul and his sonnes fallen in mount Gilboa.

2 Chronicles 20:24
And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 20:24 · retained source text

And when Iudah came toward the watch-tower in the wildernesse, they looked vnto the multitude, and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

1611 marginal noteHeb. there was not an escaping.

2 Chronicles 29:9
For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 29:9 · retained source text

For loe, our fathers haue fallen by the sword, and our sonnes and our daughters, and our wiues, are in captiuitie for this.

Esther 7:8
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
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1611 witness · Esther 7:8 · retained source text

Then the king returned out of the palace garden, into the place of the banquet of wine, and Haman was fallen vpon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the King, Will hee force the Queene also before me in the house? As the word went out of the Kings mouth, they couered Hamans face.

1611 marginal noteHeb. with me.

Job 1:16
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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1611 witness · Job 1:16 · retained source text

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heauen, and hath burnt vp the sheepe, and the seruants, and consumed them, and I onely am escaped alone, to tell thee.

1611 marginal noteOr, a great fire.

Psalms 7:15
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
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1611 witness · Psalms 7:15 · retained source text

He made a pit and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hee hath digged a pit.

1611 marginal notePsal.9.15. and 10.2. prou.5.22.

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