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instead

Meaning of “instead”

In the place or room of another.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
39 occurrences29 verses15 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:21

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2 Kings 14:21
¶ And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 14:21 · retained source text

¶ And all the people of Iudah tooke Azariah (which was sixteene yeeres old) and made him king in stead of his father Amaziah.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 15.27.

2 Kings 17:24
¶ And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:24 · retained source text

¶ And the King of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Aua, and from Hamath, and from Sepharuaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria, in stead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

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