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graves

Meaning of “graves”

Plural of grave: places of burial or tombs.

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21 occurrences19 verses11 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 14:11

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Exodus 14:11
And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 14:11 · retained source text

And they said vnto Moses, Because there were no graues in Egypt, hast thou taken vs away to die in the wildernesse? Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with vs, to cary vs foorth out of Egypt?

2 Kings 23:6
And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 23:6 · retained source text

And he brought out the groue from the house of the LORD, without Ierusalem, vnto the brooke Kidron, and burnt it at the brooke Kidron, and stampt it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof vpon the graues of the children of the people.

1611 marginal noteCha. 21.7.

2 Chronicles 34:4
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 34:4 · retained source text

And they brake downe the altars of Baalim in his presence, and the images that were on high aboue them, he cut downe, and the groues, and the carued images, and the molten images he brake in peeces, and made dust of them, and strowed it vpon the graues of them, that had sacrificed vnto them.

1611 marginal noteOr, sun-Images.

1611 marginal noteHeb. face of the graues.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.20.

Job 17:1
MY breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 17:1 · retained source text

¶ My breath is corrupt, my dayes are extinct, the graues are ready for me.

1611 marginal noteOr, my spirit is spent.

Isaiah 65:4
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 65:4 · retained source text

Which remaine among the graues, and lodge in the monuments, which eate swines flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels:

1611 marginal noteOr, pieces.

Jeremiah 8:1
AT that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 8:1 · retained source text

¶ At that time, sayeth the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Iudah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the Priests, and the bones of the Prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Ierusalem out of their graues.

Jeremiah 26:23
And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 26:23 · retained source text

And they fet foorth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him vnto Iehoiakim the king, who slewe him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graues of the common people.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sons of the people.

Ezekiel 32:22
Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 32:22 · retained source text

Ashur is there, and all her companie: his graues are about him: al of them slaine, fallen by the sword.

Ezekiel 32:23
Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 32:23 · retained source text

Whose graues are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her graue: all of them slaine, fallen by the sword, which caused terrour in the land of the liuing.

1611 marginal noteOr, dismaying.

Ezekiel 32:25
They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 32:25 · retained source text

They haue set her a bed in the midst of the slaine with all her multitudes: her graues are round about him, all of them vncircumcised, slaine by the sword: though their terrour was caused in the land of the liuing, yet haue they borne their shame with them that goe downe to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slaine.

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