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matter

Meaning of “matter”

1. A subject, affair, or cause. 2. Material substance.

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80 occurrences76 verses27 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 24:9

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Psalms 45:1
MY heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
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1611 witness · Psalms 45:1 · retained source text

¶ My heart is inditing a good matter: I speake of the things which I haue made, touching the King: my tongue is the penne of a ready writer.

Psalms 64:5
They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
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1611 witness · Psalms 64:5 · retained source text

They incourage themselues in an euill matter: they commune of laying snares priuily; they say, Who shall see them?

1611 marginal noteOr, speech.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to hide snares.

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