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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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Numbers 5:29
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 5:29 · retained source text

This is the law of ielousies, when a wife goeth aside to another in stead of her husband, and is defiled:

Numbers 8:16
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 8:16 · retained source text

For they are wholly giuen vnto me, from among the children of Israel: in stead of such as open euery wombe, euen in stead of the first borne of all the children of Israel, haue I taken them vnto me.

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.13. exod. 13.2. luke 2.23.

Numbers 10:31
And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 10:31 · retained source text

And he said, Leaue vs not, I pray thee, forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encampe in the wilderuesse, and thou mayest bee to vs in stead of eyes.

Judges 15:2
And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 15:2 · retained source text

And her father saide, I verily thought that thou haddest vtterly hated her, therfore I gaue her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer then she? take her, I pray thee, in stead of her.

1611 marginal noteHeb. let her be thine.

2 Samuel 17:25
¶ And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 17:25 · retained source text

¶ And Absalom made Amasa captaine of the hoste in stead of Ioab: which Amasa was a mans sonne whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Ioabs mother.

1 Kings 3:7
And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 3:7 · retained source text

And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy seruant King in stead of Dauid my father: and I am but a litle childe: I know not how to goe out or come in.

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.

1 Chronicles 29:23
Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 29:23 · retained source text

Then Solomon sate on the throne of the LORD, as king in stead of Dauid his father, and prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.

2 Chronicles 12:10
instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king’s house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 12:10 · retained source text

In stead of which, king Rehoboam made shields of brasse, and committed them to the hands of the chiefe of the guard, that kept the entrance of the Kings house.

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