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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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19 occurrences19 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 31:31

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Jeremiah 18:21
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Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 18:21 · retained source text

Therefore deliuer vp their children to the famine, and powre out their blood by the force of the sword, and let their wiues be bereaued of their children and be widowes, and let their men be put to death, let their yong men be slaine by the sword in battell.

1611 marginal noteHeb. powre them out.

1611 marginal notePsal.109.10.

Jeremiah 23:10
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For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 23:10 · retained source text

For the land is full of adulterers, for because of swearing the land mourneth: the pleasant places of the wildernes are dried vp, and their course is euil, and their force is not right.

1611 marginal noteOr, cursing.

1611 marginal noteOr, violence.

Jeremiah 48:45
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They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 48:45 · retained source text

They that fled, stood vnder the shadow of Heshbon, because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the middest of Sihon, and shall deuoure the corner of Moab, and the crowne of the head of the tumultuous ones.

1611 marginal noteHeb. children of noise.

1611 marginal noteNum. 21.28.

Complete reference index — all 19 verses
Genesis 31:31Deuteronomy 22:25Deuteronomy 34:71 Samuel 2:162 Samuel 13:12Ezra 4:23Esther 7:8Job 30:18Job 40:16Jeremiah 18:21Jeremiah 23:10Jeremiah 48:45Ezekiel 34:4Ezekiel 35:5Amos 2:14Matthew 11:12John 6:15Acts 23:10Hebrews 9:17

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Genesis1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy2 occurrences
2 verses1 Samuel1 occurrence
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1 verseEzra1 occurrence
1 verseEsther1 occurrence
1 verseJob2 occurrences
2 versesJeremiah3 occurrences
3 versesEzekiel2 occurrences
2 versesAmos1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew1 occurrence
1 verseJohn1 occurrence
1 verseActs1 occurrence
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