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grave

Meaning of “grave”

Sense 1: The place of the dead or of burial; a tomb, burial place, or pit. Sense 2: To cut, carve, or engrave. Sense 3: As an adjective, serious, sober, dignified, or worthy of respect.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
67 occurrences64 verses22 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 35:20

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Job 30:24
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 30:24 · retained source text

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the graue, though they cry in his destruction.

1611 marginal noteHeb. heape.

Job 33:22
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 33:22 · retained source text

His soule draweth neere vnto the graue, and his life to the destroyers.

Psalms 6:5
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 6:5 · retained source text

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall giue thee thankes?

1611 marginal notePsal.30.12 & 88.11 &115.17. & 118.17. Esay.38.18.

Psalms 30:3
O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 30:3 · retained source text

O LORD, thou hast brought vp my soule from the graue: thou hast kept me aliue, that I should not goe downe to the pit.

Psalms 31:17
Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 31:17 · retained source text

Let mee not be ashamed, O LORD, for I haue called vpon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the graue.

1611 marginal noteOr, let them be cast off for the graue.

Psalms 49:14
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 49:14 · retained source text

Like sheepe they are layd in the graue, death shall feede on them; and the vpright shall haue dominion ouer them in the morning, and their beauty shall consume in the graue, from their dwelling.

1611 marginal noteOr, strength

1611 marginal noteOr, the graue being an habitation to euery one of them.

Psalms 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 49:15 · retained source text

But God will redeeme my soule from the power of the graue; for he shall receiue me. Selah.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from the hand of the graue.

1611 marginal noteOr, hell.

Psalms 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 88:3 · retained source text

For my soule is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh vnto the graue.

Psalms 88:5
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 88:5 · retained source text

Free among the dead, like the slaine that lie in the graue, whom thou remembrest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

1611 marginal noteOr, by thy hand.

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To carve; to write or delineate on hard substances; to practice engraving.

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