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foreskins

Meaning of “foreskins”

Folds of skin covering the male organ, removed in circumcision.

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5 occurrences5 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Joshua 5:3

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Every verse containing “foreskins”

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Joshua 5:3
And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 5:3 · retained source text

And Ioshua made him sharpe kniues, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskinnes.

1611 marginal noteOr, Gibeah-haaraloth.

1 Samuel 18:25
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 18:25 · retained source text

And Saul said, Thus shall yee say to Dauid, The King desireth not any dowrie, but an hundred foreskinnes of the Philistines, to be auenged of the kings enemies. But Saul thought to make Dauid fal by the hand of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 18:27
Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 18:27 · retained source text

Wherefore Dauid arose, hee and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men, and Dauid brought their foreskinnes, and they gaue them in full tale to the king, that hee might be the kings sonne in law: and Saul gaue him Michal his daughter to wife.

2 Samuel 3:14
And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 3:14 · retained source text

And Dauid sent messengers to Ishbosheth Sauls sonne, saying, Deliuer mee my wife Michal, which I espoused to mee for an hundred foreskinnes of the Philistines.

1611 marginal note1.Sam. 18.25,27.

Jeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 4:4 · retained source text

Circumcise your selues to the LORD, and take away the foreskinnes of your heart, ye men of Iudah, and inhabitants of Ierusalem, lest my furie come forth like fire, and burne that none can quench it, because of the euill of your doings.

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