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for

Meaning of “for”

1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:14

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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 1:5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 1:5 · retained source text

And it was so, when the dayes of their feasting were gone about, that Iob sent and sanctified them, and rose vp early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: For Iob said, It may be that my sonnes haue sinned, and cursed God in their hearts: Thus did Iob continually.

1611 marginal noteHeb. all the dayes.

1611 marginal note1.King. 21.10,13.

Job 2:4
And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 2:4 · retained source text

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skinne for skinne, yea all that a man hath, wil he giue for his life.

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 2:13
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 2:13 · retained source text

So they sate downe with him vpon the ground seuen dayes, and seuen nights, and none spake a word vnto him; for they saw that his griefe was very great.

Job 3:6
As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 3:6 · retained source text

As for that night, let darkenesse seaze vpon it, let it not be ioyned vnto the dayes of the yeere, let it not come into the number of the moneths.

1611 marginal noteOr, let it not reioyce among the dayes.

Job 3:9
Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 3:9 · retained source text

Let the starres of the twilight thereof be darke, let it looke for light, but haue none, neither let it see the dawning of the day:

1611 marginal noteHeb. the eye lids of the morning.

Job 3:13
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:13 · retained source text

For now should I haue lien still and beene quiet, I should haue slept; then had I bene at rest,

Job 3:14
With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:14 · retained source text

With Kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for themselues,

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Where “for” appears

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Genesis326 occurrences
268 verses
Exodus386 occurrences
295 verses
Leviticus339 occurrences
230 verses
Numbers368 occurrences
271 verses
Deuteronomy268 occurrences
206 verses
Joshua169 occurrences
131 verses
Judges119 occurrences
101 verses
Ruth23 occurrences
18 verses
1 Samuel237 occurrences
191 verses
2 Samuel180 occurrences
147 verses
1 Kings236 occurrences
180 verses
2 Kings150 occurrences
118 verses
1 Chronicles246 occurrences
166 verses
2 Chronicles287 occurrences
214 verses
Ezra72 occurrences
46 verses
Nehemiah96 occurrences
64 verses
Esther62 occurrences
51 verses
Job192 occurrences
166 verses
Psalms744 occurrences
621 verses
Proverbs153 occurrences
126 verses
Ecclesiastes90 occurrences
76 verses
Song of Solomon19 occurrences
18 verses
Isaiah525 occurrences
395 verses
Jeremiah519 occurrences
404 verses
Lamentations46 occurrences
34 verses
Ezekiel340 occurrences
270 verses
Daniel96 occurrences
76 verses
Hosea79 occurrences
67 verses
Joel41 occurrences
28 verses
Amos54 occurrences
40 verses
Obadiah6 occurrences
4 verses
Jonah19 occurrences
16 verses
Micah47 occurrences
38 verses
Nahum14 occurrences
12 verses
Habakkuk21 occurrences
16 verses
Zephaniah22 occurrences
17 verses
Haggai7 occurrences
7 verses
Zechariah68 occurrences
51 verses
Malachi24 occurrences
20 verses
Matthew267 occurrences
226 verses
Mark143 occurrences
119 verses
Luke269 occurrences
236 verses
John167 occurrences
152 verses
Acts199 occurrences
172 verses
Romans218 occurrences
179 verses
1 Corinthians179 occurrences
143 verses
2 Corinthians143 occurrences
105 verses
Galatians52 occurrences
46 verses
Ephesians37 occurrences
33 verses
Philippians38 occurrences
34 verses
Colossians29 occurrences
20 verses
1 Thessalonians43 occurrences
37 verses
2 Thessalonians16 occurrences
15 verses
1 Timothy41 occurrences
28 verses
2 Timothy24 occurrences
19 verses
Titus11 occurrences
11 verses
Philemon7 occurrences
5 verses
Hebrews164 occurrences
127 verses
James28 occurrences
26 verses
1 Peter48 occurrences
34 verses
2 Peter21 occurrences
20 verses
1 John27 occurrences
22 verses
2 John4 occurrences
3 verses
3 John2 occurrences
2 verses
Jude8 occurrences
6 verses
Revelation96 occurrences
80 verses

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