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force

Meaning of “force”

Sense 1: Strength or power. Sense 2: Compulsion. Sense 3: Effect or operative power. Sense 4: An armed body. Sense 5: To compel, drive, constrain, press, or carry out by force.

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First occurrence: Genesis 31:31

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Deuteronomy 22:25
¶ But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 22:25 · retained source text

¶ But if a man find a betrothed damosel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her, shall die.

1611 marginal noteOr, take strong hold of her.

Deuteronomy 34:7
¶ And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 34:7 · retained source text

¶ And Moses was an hundred and twentie yeeres olde when he died: his eye was not dimme, nor his naturall force abated.

1611 marginal noteHebr. moisture.

1611 marginal noteHebr. fled.

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