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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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2 Samuel 23:17
And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:17 · retained source text

And he said, Be it farre from me, O LORD, that I should doe this: is not this the blood of the men that went in ieopardie of their liues? therefore he would not drinke it. These things did these three mightie men.

1 Chronicles 11:19
And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 11:19 · retained source text

And said, My God forbid it mee, that I should doe this thing. Shall I drinke the blood of these men, that haue put their liues in ieopardie? for with the ieopardie of their liues, they brought it: therfore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

1611 marginal noteHeb. with their liues?

Esther 9:16
But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 9:16 · retained source text

But the other Iewes that were in the kings prouinces, gathered themselues together, & stood for their liues, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seuenty and fiue thousand, but they laid not their handes on the pray.

Proverbs 1:18
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 1:18 · retained source text

And they lay wait for their owne blood, they lurke priuily for their owne liues.

Jeremiah 19:7
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
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
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 48:6 · retained source text

Flee, saue your liues, and be like the heath in the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, a naked tree.

1611 marginal noteCha.17.6.

Lamentations 5:9
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 5:9 · retained source text

We gate our bread with the perill of our liues, because of the sword of the wildernesse.

Daniel 7:12
As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 7:12 · retained source text

As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their liues were prolonged for a season and time.

1611 marginal noteCald. a prolonging in life was giuen them.

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