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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 9:23

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Job 6:2
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 6:2 · retained source text

Oh that my griefe were throughly weighed, and my calamitie layd in the balances together.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lifted vp.

Job 18:10
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 18:10 · retained source text

The snare is laide for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hidden.

Job 31:9
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 31:9 · retained source text

If mine heart haue bene deceiued by a woman, or if I haue layde wait at my neighbours doore:

Job 38:4
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 38:4 · retained source text

Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast vnderstanding.

1611 marginal noteHeb. if thou knowest vnderstanding.

1611 marginal notePsal. 104.5. prou. 30.4.

Job 38:6
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 38:6 · retained source text

Wherepuon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who layd the corner stone thereof?

1611 marginal noteHeb. sockets.

1611 marginal noteHeb. made to sinke.

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