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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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Genesis 48:17
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head unto Manasseh’s head.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 48:17 · retained source text

And when Ioseph saw that his father laide his right hand vpon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held vp his fathers hand, to remoue it from Ephraims head, vnto Manassehs head.

Exodus 2:3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 2:3 · retained source text

And when shee could not longer hide him, she tooke for him an arke of bul-rushes, and daubed it with slime, and with pitch, and put the childe therein, and shee layd it in the flags by the riuers brinke.

Exodus 5:9
Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 5:9 · retained source text

Let there more worke be layde vpon the men, that they may labour therein, and let them not regard vaine wordes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. let the worke be heauy vpon the men.

Exodus 16:24
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 16:24 · retained source text

And they laid it vp till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stinke, neither was there any worme therein.

Exodus 19:7
¶ And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 19:7 · retained source text

¶ And Moses came and called for the Elders of the people, and layd before their faces all these wordes which the LORD commanded him.

Exodus 21:30
If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 21:30 · retained source text

If there be layed on him a summe of money, then he shall giue for the ransome of his life, whatsoeuer is layd vpon him.

Exodus 24:11
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 24:11 · retained source text

And vpon the Nobles of the children of Israel he layd not his hand: also they saw God, and did eate and drinke.

Leviticus 8:14
And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 8:14 · retained source text

And he brought the bullocke for the sinne offering, and Aaron and his sonnes laid their hands vpon the head of the bullocke for the sinne offering.

1611 marginal noteExod. 29.1.

Leviticus 8:18
¶ And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 8:18 · retained source text

¶ And he brought the ramme for the burnt offring: and Aaron and his sonnes laid their hands vpon the head of the ramme.

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