KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To intend, purpose, signify, or have in view; lowly, common, or of little worldly distinction, with ‘no mean’ indicating the opposite; middle or intervening, as in the mean time. Sense 2: A means, instrument, method, or agency by which something is done.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 21:29
Complete exact-word concordance
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
And Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What meane these seuen ewe lambes, which thou hast set by themselues?
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
And it shall come to passe, when your children shall say vnto you, What meane you by this seruice?
1611 marginal noteIosh. 4.6.
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God hath commanded you?
And when thy sonne asketh thee in time to come, saying, What meane the Testimonies, & the Statutes, and the Iudgements, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
1611 marginal noteHebr. to morrow.
That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
That this may be a signe among you, that when your children aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane you by these stones?
1611 marginal noteHeb. to morrow.
And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
And he spake vnto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shal aske their fathers in time to come, saying, What meane these stones?
1611 marginal noteHebr. to morrow.
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
And it came to passe in the meane while, that the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde, and there was a great raine: and Ahab rode and went to Iezreel.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Seest thou a man diligent in his businesse? hee shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before meane men.
1611 marginal noteHeb. obscure men.
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
And the meane man boweth downe, and the great man humbleth himselfe; therefore forgiue them not.
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
What meane yee that yee beat my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the LORD God of hosts?
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
And the meane man shall bee brought downe, and the mightie man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the loftie shall be humbled.
1611 marginal noteIsa. 2.9.11.17.
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To have thought or ideas; or to have meaning.
