KJV dictionary & concordance
1. To be deprived of or fail to keep. 2. To fail to obtain. 3. To destroy or cause to perish.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Judges 18:25
Complete exact-word concordance
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: but whosoeuer will lose his life for my sake, the same shall saue it.
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
For what is a man aduantaged, if hee gaine the whole world, and lose himselfe, or be cast away?
1611 marginal noteMat. 16.26. marke 8.36.
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
What man of you hauing an hundred sheepe, if he loose one of them, doth not leaue the ninety and nine in the wildernesse, and goe after that which is lost, vntill he find it?
1611 marginal noteMatth. 18.12.
¶ Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
¶ Either what woman hauing ten pieces of siluer, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweepe the house, and seeke diligently till shee find it?
1611 marginal noteDrachma heere translated a piece of silver, is the eight part of an ounce which commeth to seven pence halfe penie, and is equall to the Romane penie, Mat. 18.28
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Whosoeuer shall seeke to saue his life, shall lose it, and whosoeuer shall lose his life, shall preserue it.
1611 marginal noteMat. 16.25.
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