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incline

Meaning of “incline”

To bend, bow, turn, tend, or direct toward; to direct one's attention or desire.

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KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
16 occurrences16 verses6 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Joshua 24:23

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Psalms 141:4
incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
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1611 witness · Psalms 141:4 · retained source text

Incline not my heart to any euill thing, to practise wicked workes with men that worke iniquitie: and let mee not eate of their dainties.

Proverbs 4:20
¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Proverbs 4:20 · retained source text

¶ My sonne, attend to my words, incline thine eare vnto my sayings.

Isaiah 37:17
incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 37:17 · retained source text

Encline thine eare, O LORD, and heare, Open thine eyes, O LORD, and see, and heare all the wordes of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproch the liuing God.

Isaiah 55:3
incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 55:3 · retained source text

Incline your eare, and come vnto me: heare, and your soule shall liue, and I will make an euerlasting couenant with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid.

1611 marginal noteActs 13.34.

Daniel 9:18
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 9:18 · retained source text

O my God, encline thine eare and heare: open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, & the city, which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wherupon thy Name is called.

1611 marginal noteHeb. cause to fall.

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