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in

Meaning of “in”

1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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12,667 occurrences9,521 verses66 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:1

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Exodus 1:5
And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 1:5 · retained source text

And all the soules that came out of the loynes of Iacob, were seuentie soules: for Ioseph was in Egypt already.

1611 marginal noteHeb. thigh.

1611 marginal noteGen. 46.27. deut. 10.22.

Exodus 1:14
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
4 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 1:14 · retained source text

And they made their liues bitter, with hard bondage, in morter and in bricke, and in all maner of seruice in the fielde: all their seruice wherein they made them serue, was with rigour.

Exodus 1:19
And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 1:19 · retained source text

And the midwiues said vnto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women: for they are liuely, and are deliuered ere the midwiues come in vnto them.

Exodus 2:3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 2:3 · retained source text

And when shee could not longer hide him, she tooke for him an arke of bul-rushes, and daubed it with slime, and with pitch, and put the childe therein, and shee layd it in the flags by the riuers brinke.

Exodus 2:11
¶ And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 2:11 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe in those dayes, when Moses was growen, that he went out vnto his brethren, and looked on their burdens, and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.

Exodus 2:12
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 2:12 · retained source text

And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.

Exodus 2:15
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 2:15 · retained source text

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sate downe by a well.

Exodus 2:22
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 2:22 · retained source text

And she bare him a sonne, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I haue bene a stranger in a strange land.

1611 marginal noteChap. 18.3.

Exodus 2:23
¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 2:23 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe in processe of time, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came vp vnto God, by reason of the bondage.

Exodus 3:1
NOW Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Nowe Moses kept the flocke of Iethro his father in law, the Priest of Midian: and hee led the flocke to the backeside of the desert, and came to the mountaine of God, euen to Horeb.

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Genesis600 occurrences
474 verses
Exodus492 occurrences
365 verses
Leviticus375 occurrences
277 verses
Numbers377 occurrences
299 verses
Deuteronomy470 occurrences
347 verses
Joshua235 occurrences
176 verses
Judges292 occurrences
213 verses
Ruth50 occurrences
38 verses
1 Samuel356 occurrences
263 verses
2 Samuel266 occurrences
204 verses
1 Kings459 occurrences
326 verses
2 Kings455 occurrences
342 verses
1 Chronicles252 occurrences
203 verses
2 Chronicles547 occurrences
385 verses
Ezra91 occurrences
67 verses
Nehemiah149 occurrences
103 verses
Esther97 occurrences
73 verses
Job266 occurrences
214 verses
Psalms857 occurrences
697 verses
Proverbs239 occurrences
204 verses
Ecclesiastes99 occurrences
73 verses
Song of Solomon22 occurrences
18 verses
Isaiah562 occurrences
414 verses
Jeremiah714 occurrences
501 verses
Lamentations64 occurrences
51 verses
Ezekiel678 occurrences
458 verses
Daniel187 occurrences
141 verses
Hosea91 occurrences
65 verses
Joel29 occurrences
20 verses
Amos67 occurrences
46 verses
Obadiah17 occurrences
10 verses
Jonah12 occurrences
11 verses
Micah57 occurrences
41 verses
Nahum22 occurrences
15 verses
Habakkuk20 occurrences
13 verses
Zephaniah29 occurrences
20 verses
Haggai25 occurrences
18 verses
Zechariah122 occurrences
88 verses
Malachi25 occurrences
20 verses
Matthew305 occurrences
244 verses
Mark171 occurrences
151 verses
Luke360 occurrences
275 verses
John226 occurrences
171 verses
Acts334 occurrences
271 verses
Romans161 occurrences
126 verses
1 Corinthians167 occurrences
126 verses
2 Corinthians187 occurrences
115 verses
Galatians63 occurrences
47 verses
Ephesians105 occurrences
80 verses
Philippians77 occurrences
57 verses
Colossians84 occurrences
57 verses
1 Thessalonians49 occurrences
36 verses
2 Thessalonians20 occurrences
15 verses
1 Timothy55 occurrences
38 verses
2 Timothy29 occurrences
23 verses
Titus20 occurrences
15 verses
Philemon16 occurrences
12 verses
Hebrews94 occurrences
76 verses
James31 occurrences
26 verses
1 Peter44 occurrences
34 verses
2 Peter36 occurrences
28 verses
1 John73 occurrences
46 verses
2 John8 occurrences
7 verses
3 John5 occurrences
4 verses
Jude13 occurrences
12 verses
Revelation167 occurrences
136 verses

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