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murderer

Meaning of “murderer”

One who unlawfully and intentionally kills another person.

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20 occurrences15 verses8 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Numbers 35:16

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John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 8:44 · retained source text

Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lusts of your father ye will doe: hee was a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

1611 marginal note1.Ioh. 3.8.

Acts 3:14
But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 3:14 · retained source text

But ye denied the Holy one, and the Iust, and desired a murderer to be granted vnto you,

1611 marginal noteMatt. 27.20.

Acts 28:4
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
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1611 witness · Acts 28:4 · retained source text

And when the Barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they saide among themselues, No doubt this man is a murtherer, whom though hee hath escaped the Sea, yet Uengeance suffereth not to liue.

1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Peter 4:15 · retained source text

But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a theefe, or as an euill doer, or as a busibody in other mens matters.

1 John 3:15
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
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1611 witness · 1 John 3:15 · retained source text

Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a murtherer, and yee knowe that no murtherer hath eternall life abiding in him.

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