KJV dictionary & concordance
To pardon an offence, remit a debt, or release from the penalty or resentment connected with it.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 50:17
Complete exact-word concordance
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
And it came to passe, that when they had made an ende of eating the grasse of the land, then I said; O LORD God, forgiue, I beseech thee, by whom shal Iacob arise? for he is small.
1611 marginal noteOr, who of (or for) Iacob shall stand?
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Historical English dictionary sources
To pardon; to remit, as an offense or debt; to overlook an offense, and treat the offender as not guilty. […] It is to be noted that pardon, like forgive may be followed by the name or person, and by the offense; but remit can be followed by the offense only.
