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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 19:32

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Psalms 23:2
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 23:2 · retained source text

He maketh me to lie downe in greene pastures: he leadeth mee beside the still waters.

1611 marginal noteHeb. pastures of tender grasse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. waters of quietnesse.

Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 57:4 · retained source text

My soule is among lyons, and I lie euen among them that are set on fire: euen the sonnes of men, whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword.

Psalms 59:3
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 59:3 · retained source text

For loe, they lye in waite for my soule; the mighty are gathered against me, not for my transgression, nor for my sinne, O LORD.

Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 62:9 · retained source text

Surely men of low degree are vanitie, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the ballance, they are altogether lighter then vanitie.

1611 marginal noteOr, alike.

Psalms 88:5
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 88:5 · retained source text

Free among the dead, like the slaine that lie in the graue, whom thou remembrest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

1611 marginal noteOr, by thy hand.

Psalms 89:35
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 89:35 · retained source text

Once haue I sworne by my holinesse; that I will not lye vnto Dauid.

1611 marginal noteHeb. if I lie.

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