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laid

Meaning of “laid”

Sense 1: Placed, set, put down, deposited, arranged, established, founded, imposed, applied, stored, buried, or overlaid. Sense 2: Reclined or brought to rest.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
279 occurrences271 verses48 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:23

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2 Kings 4:21
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:21 · retained source text

And she went vp, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the doore vpon him, and went out.

2 Kings 4:31
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:31 · retained source text

And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staffe vpon the face of the child, but there was neither voyce, nor hearing: wherefore he went againe to meete him, and tolde him, saying, The child is not awaked.

1611 marginal noteHeb. attention.

2 Kings 4:32
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:32 · retained source text

And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid vpon his bed.

2 Kings 5:23
And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 5:23 · retained source text

And Naaman said, Bee content, take two talents: and hee vrged him, and bound two talents of siluer in two bags, with two changes of garments, and layde them vpon two of his seruants, and they bare them before him.

2 Kings 9:25
Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 9:25 · retained source text

Then said Iehu to Bidkar his captaine, Take vp, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Iezreelite: for remember, how that when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laide this burden vpon him:

2 Kings 11:16
And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 11:16 · retained source text

And they laid hands on her, and she went by the way, by the which the horses came into the kings house, and there was she slaine.

2 Kings 12:11
And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the Lord: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord,
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 12:11 · retained source text

And they gaue the money, being told, into the handes of them that did the worke, that had the ouersight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought vpon the house of the LORD,

1611 marginal noteHebr. brought it foorth.

2 Kings 12:12
And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 12:12 · retained source text

And to Masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber, and hewed stone to repaire the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repaire it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. went forth.

2 Kings 20:7
And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 20:7 · retained source text

And Isaiah said, Take a lumpe of figs. And they tooke and layd it on the boile, and he recouered.

2 Kings 20:17
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 20:17 · retained source text

Behold, the dayes come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers haue layde vp in store vnto this day, shall be caried vnto Babylon: nothing shall be left, sayth the LORD.

1611 marginal noteChap. 24.13. & 25.13. iere. 27.19.

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