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gave

Meaning of “gave”

1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
465 occurrences436 verses48 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:20

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Genesis 28:6
¶ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 28:6 · retained source text

¶ When Esau sawe that Isaac had blessed Iacob, and sent him away to Padan-Aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him, he gaue him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

Genesis 29:24
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 29:24 · retained source text

And Laban gaue vnto his daughter Leah, Zilpah his mayde, for a handmayd.

Genesis 29:28
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 29:28 · retained source text

And Iacob did so, and fulfilled her weeke: and he gaue him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

Genesis 29:29
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 29:29 · retained source text

And Laban gaue to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmayd, to be her mayd.

Genesis 30:4
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 30:4 · retained source text

And shee gaue him Bilhah her handmayd to wife: and Iacob went in vnto her.

Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 30:9 · retained source text

When Leah saw that she had left bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde, and gaue her Iacob to wife.

Genesis 30:35
And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 30:35 · retained source text

And he remoued that day the hee goates that were ring-straked, and spotted, and all the shee goats that were speckled and spotted, and euery one that had some white in it, and all the browne amongst the sheepe, and gaue them into the hand of his sonnes.

Genesis 35:4
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 35:4 · retained source text

And they gaue vnto Iacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their eare-rings which were in their eares, and Iacob hid them vnder the oke which was by Shechem.

Genesis 35:12
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 35:12 · retained source text

And the land which I gaue Abraham, and Isaac, to thee I will giue it, and to thy seed after thee will I giue the land.

Genesis 35:29
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 35:29 · retained source text

And Isaac gaue vp the ghost and died, and was gathered vnto his people, being old and full of dayes: and his sonnes Esau and Iacob buried him.

1611 marginal noteChap. 25.8.

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