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grope

Meaning of “grope”

To search by feeling in the dark.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
5 occurrences4 verses3 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 28:29

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Every verse containing “grope”

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Deuteronomy 28:29
And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:29 · retained source text

And thou shalt grope at noone dayes, as the blind gropeth in darknes, and thou shalt not prosper in thy waies: and thou shalt be onely oppressed, and spoiled euermore, and no man shal saue thee.

Job 5:14
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 5:14 · retained source text

They meete with darkenesse in the day time, and grope in the noone day as in the night.

1611 marginal noteOr, runne into.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 28.29.

Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 12:25 · retained source text

They grope in the darke without light, and hee maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wander.

Isaiah 59:10
We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 59:10 · retained source text

We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eies: we stumble at noone day as in the night, we are in desolate places as dead men.

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