KJV dictionary & concordance
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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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Job 21:19
Complete exact-word concordance
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
He layeth vp sound wisedome for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walke vprightly.
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Euery prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a foole layeth open his folly.
1611 marginal noteHeb. spreadeth.
1611 marginal noteChap. 12.23. & 15.2.
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
Hee that hateth, dissembleth with his lips, and layeth vp deceit within him.
1611 marginal noteOr, is knowen.
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
She layeth her handes to the spindle, and her handes hold the distaffe.
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