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gat

Meaning of “gat”

1. Past of get: went or moved to the stated place or position. 2. Obtained, gained, or acquired. 3. In ‘gat hold,’ took hold or seized.

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20 occurrences20 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 19:27

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2 Samuel 4:7
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 4:7 · retained source text

For when they came into the house, hee lay on his bedde in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and tooke his head, and gate them away thorow the plaine all night.

2 Samuel 8:13
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 8:13 · retained source text

And Dauid gate him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteene thousand men.

1611 marginal noteHebr. his smiting.

2 Samuel 13:29
And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 13:29 · retained source text

And the seruants of Absalom did vnto Amnon as Absalom had commanded: then all the Kings sonnes arose, and euery man gate him vp vpon his mule, and fled.

1611 marginal noteHeb. rode.

2 Samuel 17:23
¶ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 17:23 · retained source text

¶ And when Ahithophel sawe that his counsell was not followed, he sadled his asse, and arose, and gate him home to his house, to his citie, and put his houshold in order, and hanged himselfe, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

1611 marginal noteHeb. done.

1611 marginal noteHeb. gaue charge concerning his house.

2 Samuel 19:3
And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 19:3 · retained source text

And the people gate them by stealth that day into the citie, as people beeing ashamed steale away when they flee in battell.

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