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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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Genesis 7:15
And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 7:15 · retained source text

And they went in vnto Noah into the Arke, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

Genesis 7:22
All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 7:22 · retained source text

All in whose nosethrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the breath of the spirit of life.

Genesis 9:4
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 9:4 · retained source text

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eate.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 17.14.

Genesis 9:5
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:5 · retained source text

And surely your blood of your liues will I require: at the hand of euery beast will I require it, & at the hand of man, at the hand of euery mans brother will I require the life of man.

Genesis 18:10
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 18:10 · retained source text

And he said, I will certainly returne vnto thee according to the time of life; and loe, Sarah thy wife shall haue a sonne. And Sarah heard it in the tent doore, which was behind him.

1611 marginal noteChap. 17.19. and 21.2.

Genesis 18:14
Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 18:14 · retained source text

Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed will I returne vnto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall haue a sonne.

Genesis 19:17
¶ And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 19:17 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life, looke not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plaine: escape to the mountaine, lest thou bee consumed.

Genesis 19:19
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 19:19 · retained source text

Beholde now, thy seruant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed vnto me, in sauing my life, and I cannot escape to the mountaine, lest some euill take me, and I die.

Genesis 23:1
AND Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 23:1 · retained source text

¶ And Sarah was an hundred and seuen and twenty yeeres olde: these were the yeeres of the life of Sarah.

Genesis 25:7
And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 25:7 · retained source text

And these are the dayes of the yeres of Abrahams life which he liued; an hundred, threescore & fifteene yeeres.

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