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lain

Meaning of “lain”

Past-tense or past-participial form of lie (to recline, rest, remain, or be situated).

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
6 occurrences6 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 5:19

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Every verse containing “lain”

KJV PCE
Numbers 5:19
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 5:19 · retained source text

And the Priest shall charge her by an othe, and say vnto the woman, If no man haue lyen with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to vncleannesse with another in stead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse.

1611 marginal noteOr, being in the power of thy husband. Hebr. vnder thy husband.

Numbers 5:20
But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 5:20 · retained source text

But if thou hast gone aside to another in stead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man hath lien with thee beside thine husband:

Judges 21:11
And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 21:11 · retained source text

And this is the thing that yee shall doe, Yee shall vtterly destroy euery male, and euery woman that hath lien by man.

1611 marginal noteHeb. knoweth the lying with man.

1611 marginal noteNum. 31.17.

Job 3:13
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 3:13 · retained source text

For now should I haue lien still and beene quiet, I should haue slept; then had I bene at rest,

John 11:17
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 11:17 · retained source text

Then when Iesus came, hee found that hee had lien in the graue foure dayes already.

John 20:12
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 20:12 · retained source text

And seeth two Angels in white, sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feete, where the body of Iesus had layen:

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