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iniquity

Meaning of “iniquity”

Wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.

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First occurrence: Genesis 15:16

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Numbers 30:15
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 30:15 · retained source text

But if hee shall any wayes make them voyd after that he hath heard them, then he shall beare her iniquitie.

Deuteronomy 5:9
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 5:9 · retained source text

Thou shalt not bow downe thy selfe vnto them, nor serue them: for I the LORD thy God am a ielous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers vpon the children, vnto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

1611 marginal noteExod. 34.7.

Deuteronomy 19:15
¶ One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 19:15 · retained source text

¶ One witnesse shall not rise vp against a man for any iniquitie, or for any sinne, in any sinne that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be stablished.

1611 marginal noteChap. 17.6. Hebr. 10.28. numb. 35.30. mat. 18.16. ioh. 8.17. 2.cor. 13.1. Hebr. 10.28.

Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 32:4 · retained source text

He is the rocke, his worke is perfect: for all his wayes are Iudgement: A God of trueth, and without iniquity, iust and right is he.

Joshua 22:17
Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 22:17 · retained source text

Is the iniquitie of Peor too litle for vs, from which we are not cleansed vntil this day, (although there was a plague in the Congregation of the LORD)

1611 marginal noteNum. 25.4.

Joshua 22:20
Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 22:20 · retained source text

Did not Achan the sonne of Zerah commit a trespasse in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the Congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteChap. 7.1,5.

1 Samuel 3:13
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 3:13 · retained source text

For I haue tolde him, that I will iudge his house for euer, for the iniquitie which hee knoweth: because his sonnes made themselues vile, and he restrained them not.

1611 marginal noteOr, and I will tell him, &c.

1611 marginal noteOr, accursed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. frowned not vpon them.

1611 marginal noteChap. 2.29,30,31, &c.

1 Samuel 3:14
And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 3:14 · retained source text

And therefore I haue sworne vnto the house of Eli, that the iniquitie of Elies house shall not be purged with sacrifice, nor offering for euer.

1 Samuel 15:23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 15:23 · retained source text

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubburnnesse is as iniquitie and idolatrie: because thou hast reiected the word of the LORD, he hath also reiected thee from being king.

1611 marginal noteHeb. diuination.

1 Samuel 20:1
AND David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 20:1 · retained source text

¶ And Dauid fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Ionathan, What haue I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sinne before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

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