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make

Meaning of “make”

To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
1,055 occurrences974 verses57 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 1:26

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Showing verses 11–14 of 14 · 14 word occurrences in this result

2 Kings 18:30
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 18:30 · retained source text

Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliuer vs, and this city shall not bee deliuered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

2 Kings 18:31
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 18:31 · retained source text

Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus sayth the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eate yee euery man of his owne vine, and euery one of his figge tree, and drinke yee euery one the waters of his cisterne:

1611 marginal noteOr, seeke my fauour. Heb. make with me a blessing.

1611 marginal noteOr, pit.

2 Kings 21:8
Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 21:8 · retained source text

Neither will I make the feete of Israel mooue any more out of the land, which I gaue their fathers: onely if they will obserue to doe according to all that I haue commanded them, and according to all the Law, that my seruant Moses commanded them.

2 Kings 23:10
And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 23:10 · retained source text

And he defiled Topheth which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his sonne or his daughter to passe through the fire to Molech.

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Where “make” appears

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Genesis47 occurrences
39 verses
Exodus140 occurrences
118 verses
Leviticus65 occurrences
59 verses
Numbers37 occurrences
32 verses
Deuteronomy39 occurrences
38 verses
Joshua14 occurrences
13 verses
Judges5 occurrences
5 verses
Ruth2 occurrences
2 verses
1 Samuel24 occurrences
23 verses
2 Samuel14 occurrences
14 verses
1 Kings21 occurrences
19 verses
2 Kings14 occurrences
14 verses
1 Chronicles13 occurrences
12 verses
2 Chronicles20 occurrences
20 verses
Ezra8 occurrences
8 verses
Nehemiah7 occurrences
7 verses
Esther7 occurrences
6 verses
Job33 occurrences
30 verses
Psalms69 occurrences
65 verses
Proverbs13 occurrences
13 verses
Ecclesiastes3 occurrences
3 verses
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
2 verses
Isaiah85 occurrences
79 verses
Jeremiah73 occurrences
68 verses
Lamentations1 occurrence
1 verse
Ezekiel70 occurrences
66 verses
Daniel28 occurrences
26 verses
Hosea11 occurrences
10 verses
Joel1 occurrence
1 verse
Amos4 occurrences
4 verses
Micah11 occurrences
10 verses
Nahum9 occurrences
8 verses
Habakkuk5 occurrences
4 verses
Zephaniah4 occurrences
4 verses
Haggai1 occurrence
1 verse
Zechariah7 occurrences
7 verses
Malachi2 occurrences
2 verses
Matthew19 occurrences
17 verses
Mark11 occurrences
11 verses
Luke24 occurrences
24 verses
John8 occurrences
8 verses
Acts10 occurrences
10 verses
Romans12 occurrences
12 verses
1 Corinthians7 occurrences
6 verses
2 Corinthians6 occurrences
6 verses
Galatians3 occurrences
3 verses
Ephesians5 occurrences
5 verses
Colossians3 occurrences
3 verses
1 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verse
2 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verse
2 Timothy2 occurrences
2 verses
Hebrews13 occurrences
12 verses
James1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse
2 Peter3 occurrences
3 verses
1 John1 occurrence
1 verse
Revelation15 occurrences
14 verses

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