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magnify

Meaning of “magnify”

To make great in esteem; to praise, exalt, or declare great.

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First occurrence: Joshua 3:7

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Joshua 3:7
¶ And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 3:7 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD saide vnto Ioshua, This day wil I begin to magnifie thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

1611 marginal noteChap. 1.5.

Job 7:17
What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
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1611 witness · Job 7:17 · retained source text

What is man, that thou shouldest magnifie him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart vpon him?

1611 marginal notePsal. 8.4. and 144.3. heb. 2.6.

Job 19:5
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
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1611 witness · Job 19:5 · retained source text

If indeed yee will magnifie your selues against me, and plead against me my reproch:

Psalms 35:26
Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
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1611 witness · Psalms 35:26 · retained source text

Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together, that reioyce at mine hurt: let them bee cloathed with shame and dishonour, that magnifie themselues against me.

Psalms 38:16
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
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1611 witness · Psalms 38:16 · retained source text

For I said, heare me, least otherwise they should reioyce ouer me: when my foot slippeth, they magnifie themselues against me.

Psalms 55:12
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
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1611 witness · Psalms 55:12 · retained source text

For it was not an enemie that reproached me, then I could haue borne it, neither was it hee that hated me, that did magnifie himselfe against me, then I would haue hid my selfe from him.

Psalms 69:30
I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
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1611 witness · Psalms 69:30 · retained source text

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnifie him with thankesgiuing.

Isaiah 10:15
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 10:15 · retained source text

Shall the axe boast it selfe against him that heweth therewith? Or shal the sawe magnifie it selfe against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake it selfe against them that lift it vp, or as if the staffe should lift vp it selfe, as if it were no wood.

1611 marginal noteOr, as if a rod should shake them that lift it vp.

1611 marginal noteOr, that which is not wood.

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