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messenger

Meaning of “messenger”

One sent to bear a message, notice, command, or errand.

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34 occurrences32 verses18 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 50:16

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1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 19:2 · retained source text

Then Iezebel sent a messenger vnto Eliiah, saying; So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them, by to morrow about this time.

1 Kings 22:13
And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 22:13 · retained source text

And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah, spake vnto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good vnto the King with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, bee like the word of one of them, and speake that which is good.

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