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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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Numbers 14:34
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:34 · retained source text

After the number of the dayes in which ye searched the land, euen fortie dayes (each day for a yeere) shall yee beare your iniquities, euen forty yeeres, and yee shall know my breach of promise.

1611 marginal noteOr, altering of my purpose.

1611 marginal noteEzech. 4.6. psal. 95.19.

Numbers 14:40
¶ And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:40 · retained source text

¶ And they rose vp early in the morning, and gate them vp into the top of the mountaine, saying, Loe, we be here, and will goe vp vnto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we haue sinned.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 1.41.

Numbers 14:42
Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:42 · retained source text

Goe not vp, for the LORD is not among you, that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

Numbers 14:43
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:43 · retained source text

For the Amalekites, and the Canaanites are there before you, and yee shall fall by the sword, because yee are turned away from the LORD; therefore the LORD will not bee with you.

Numbers 15:8
And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the Lord:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 15:8 · retained source text

And when thou preparest a bullocke for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings vnto the LORD:

Numbers 15:10
And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 15:10 · retained source text

And thou shalt bring for a drinke offering halfe an Hyn of wine, for an offering made by fire of a sweet sauour vnto the LORD.

Numbers 15:11
Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 15:11 · retained source text

Thus shall it be done for one bullocke, or for one ramme, or for a lambe, or a kidde.

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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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