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lie

Meaning of “lie”

Sense 1: To recline, rest, remain, or be situated. Sense 2: In ‘lie with,’ to have sexual intercourse. Sense 3: To speak falsely. Sense 4: A false statement or deception.

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155 occurrences153 verses43 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:32

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Numbers 5:13
And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 5:13 · retained source text

And a man lye with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witnesse against her, neither she be taken with the maner;

Numbers 10:5
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 10:5 · retained source text

When ye blow an alarme, then the campes that lie on the East parts, shall goe forward.

Numbers 10:6
When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 10:6 · retained source text

When you blow an alarme the second time, then the campes that lye on the Southside, shall take their iourney: they shall blow an alarme for their iourneys.

Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 23:19 · retained source text

God is not a man that he should lie, neither the sonne of man, that hee should repent: hath he said, and shall he not doe it? or, hath hee spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Numbers 23:24
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
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1611 witness · Numbers 23:24 · retained source text

Beholde, the people shall rise vp as a great Lion, and lift vp himselfe as a yong Lion: hee shall not lie downe vntill he eate of the pray, and drinke the blood of the slaine.

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