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layeth

Meaning of “layeth”

Third-person singular present form of lay. Sense 1: To put, place, set, arrange, deposit, apply, establish, impose, or cause to be in a stated position or condition. Sense 2: In lay with, to have sexual relations. Sense 3: To press or bear upon. Sense 4: In lay up, lay by, or lay in store, to keep, store, or treasure; in lay wait, lay snares, lay an ambush, or lay siege, to prepare or set. Sense 5: In lay hold or lay hands on, to seize, take, apprehend, or touch. Sense 6: In lay down one's life, to surrender or give it; in lay aside, lay apart, or lay away, to remove, reject, or put off.

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18 occurrences17 verses7 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Job 21:19

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Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 9:8 · retained source text

Their tongue is as an arrowe shot out, it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his waite.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in the middest of him.

1611 marginal noteOr, waite for him.

1611 marginal notePsal.120.4

1611 marginal notePsal. 12.2. and 28.3.

1611 marginal notePsa. 12.3. and 28.3.

Jeremiah 12:11
They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 12:11 · retained source text

They haue made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth vnto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

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