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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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First occurrence: Genesis 19:32

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Deuteronomy 19:11
¶ But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 19:11 · retained source text

¶ But if any man hate his neighbour and lie in wait for him, and rise vp against him, and smite him mortally that hee die, and fleeth into one of these Cities:

1611 marginal noteHebr. in life.

Deuteronomy 22:23
¶ If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 22:23 · retained source text

¶ If a damosell that is a virgin be betrothed vnto an husband, and a man find her in the citie, and lie with her:

Deuteronomy 22:25
¶ But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 22:25 · retained source text

¶ But if a man find a betrothed damosel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her, shall die.

1611 marginal noteOr, take strong hold of her.

Deuteronomy 22:28
¶ If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 22:28 · retained source text

¶ If a man finde a damosel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found:

1611 marginal noteExod. 22.16.

Deuteronomy 25:2
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 25:2 · retained source text

And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the Iudge shall cause him to lie downe, and to bee beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certaine number.

Deuteronomy 28:30
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:30 · retained source text

Thou shalt betrothe a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

1611 marginal noteHebr. prophane, or vse it as common meat.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 20.6.

Deuteronomy 29:20
The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 29:20 · retained source text

The LORD wil not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD, and his ielousie shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this booke shall lie vpon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from vnder heauen.

Joshua 8:4
And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
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1611 witness · Joshua 8:4 · retained source text

And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the citie, euen behind the citie: goe not very farre from the citie, but be ye all ready:

Joshua 8:9
¶ Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
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1611 witness · Joshua 8:9 · retained source text

¶ Ioshua therefore sent them foorth, and they went to lie in ambush, and abode betweene Bethel and Ai, on the West side of Ai: but Ioshua lodged that night among the people.

Joshua 8:12
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.
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1611 witness · Joshua 8:12 · retained source text

And he tooke about fiue thousand men, and set them to lye in ambush betweene Bethel and Ai, on the West side of the citie.

1611 marginal noteOr, of Ai.

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