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 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.
¶ Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
¶ Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mightie man; and the sword, not of a meane man, shal deuoure him: but hee shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
1611 marginal noteOr, for feare of the sword.
1611 marginal noteOr, tributarie: hebr. for melting, or tribute.
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To have thought or ideas; or to have meaning.
