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lives

Meaning of “lives”

Sense 1: States or periods of living. Sense 2: Remains alive or conducts one's life.

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28 occurrences25 verses15 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:5

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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 45:7
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 45:7 · retained source text

And God sent me before you, to preserue you a posteritie in the earth, and to saue your liues by a great deliuerance.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to put for you a remnant.

Genesis 47:25
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.
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1611 witness · Genesis 47:25 · retained source text

And they said, Thou hast saued our liues: let vs find grace in the sight of my LORD, and we will be Pharaohs seruants.

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