KJV dictionary & concordance

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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 9:5

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Every verse containing “lives”

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Jeremiah 19:7

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And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Jeremiah 19:7 · retained source text

And I will make void the counsell of Iudah and Ierusalem in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their liues: and their carkeises will I giue to be meat for the foules of the heauen, and for the beasts of the earth.

1611 marginal noteCha.16.4. and 7.33.

Jeremiah 19:9

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And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Jeremiah 19:9 · retained source text

And I will cause them to eate the flesh of their sonnes and the flesh of their daughters, and they shal eate euery one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitnesse, wherewith their enemies, and they that seeke their liues, shall straiten them.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.29. deu. 28.53. lam.4.10.

Jeremiah 46:26

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And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the Lord.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Jeremiah 46:26 · retained source text

And I will deliuer them into the hand of those that seeke their liues, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his seruants, and afterwards it shalbe inhabited, as in the dayes of old, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 48:6

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