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life

Meaning of “life”

The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.

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450 occurrences409 verses49 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:20

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Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 17:11 · retained source text

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I haue giuen it to you vpon the Altar, to make an atonement for your soules: for it is the blood, that maketh an atonement for the soule.

Leviticus 17:14
For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 17:14 · retained source text

For it is the life of all flesh, the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said vnto the children of Israel, Ye shall not eat the blood of no maner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoeuer eateth it, shalbe cut off.

1611 marginal noteGen. 9.4.

Leviticus 18:18
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 18:18 · retained source text

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vexe her, to vncouer her nakednes besides the other, in her life time.

1611 marginal noteOr, one wife to another.

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