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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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Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 1:19 · retained source text

So are the waies of euery one that is greedie of gaine: which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 2:19
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 2:19 · retained source text

None that goe vnto her, returne againe, neither take they hold of the pathes of life.

Proverbs 3:2
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 3:2 · retained source text

For length of dayes, and long life, and peace shall they adde to thee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. yeeres of life.

Proverbs 3:18
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 3:18 · retained source text

She is a tree of life, to them that lay hold vpon her: and happy is euery one that retaineth her.

Proverbs 3:22
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 3:22 · retained source text

So shall they bee life vnto thy soule, and grace to thy necke.

Proverbs 4:10
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 4:10 · retained source text

Heare, O my sonne, and receiue my sayings: and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many.

Proverbs 4:22
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 4:22 · retained source text

For they are life vnto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

1611 marginal noteHeb. medicine.

Proverbs 4:23
¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 4:23 · retained source text

¶ Keepe thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life.

1611 marginal noteHeb. aboue all keeping.

Proverbs 5:6
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 5:6 · retained source text

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her wayes are moueable, that thou canst not know them.

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