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master

Meaning of “master”

One possessing authority, ownership, command, supervision, or superior skill: an owner, employer, household head, teacher, leader, ship commander, or lord.

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157 occurrences145 verses23 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 24:9

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2 Kings 19:6
¶ And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 19:6 · retained source text

¶ And Isaiah said vnto them, Thus shal ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the wordes which thou hast heard, with which the seruants of the king of Assyria haue blasphemed me.

1611 marginal noteLuke 3.4. called Esaias.

1 Chronicles 12:19
And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 12:19 · retained source text

And there fell some of Manasseh to Dauid, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battell, but they helped them not. For the LORDs of the Philistines, vpon aduisement, sent him away, saying, Hee will fall to his master Saul, to the ieopardie of our heads.

1611 marginal noteHeb. on our heads.

1611 marginal note1.Sam. 29.4.

1 Chronicles 15:27
And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 15:27 · retained source text

And Dauid was clothed with a robe of fine linnen, and all the Leuites that bare the Arke, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song, with the singers. Dauid also had vpon him, an Ephod of linnen.

1611 marginal noteOr, cariage

2 Chronicles 18:16
Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 18:16 · retained source text

Then he sayd, I did see all Israel scattered vpon the mountaines, as sheepe that haue no shepheard: and the LORD sayd, These haue no master, let them returne therefore, euery man to his house in peace.

Job 3:19
The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 3:19 · retained source text

The small and great are there, and the seruant is free from his master.

Proverbs 27:18
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 27:18 · retained source text

Whoso keepeth the figtree, shall eate the fruit therof: so he that waiteth on his master, shall be honoured.

Proverbs 30:10
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 30:10 · retained source text

Accuse not a seruant vnto his master; lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hurt not with thy tongue.

Isaiah 24:2
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 24:2 · retained source text

And it shall be as with the people, so with the priest, as with the seruant, so with his master, as with the maid, so with her mistresse, as with the buyer, so with the seller, as with the lender, so with the borower, as with the taker of vsurie, so with the giuer of vsurie to him.

1611 marginal noteOr, Prince.

1611 marginal noteHose.4.9.

Isaiah 36:8
Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 36:8 · retained source text

Now therefore giue pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will giue thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders vpon them.

1611 marginal noteOr, hostages.

Isaiah 36:12
¶ But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 36:12 · retained source text

¶ But Rabshakeh sayd; Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee, to speake these words? Hath he not sent me to the men that sit vpon the wall, that they may eate their owne dongue, and drinke their owne pisse with you?

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