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number

Meaning of “number”

Sense 1: A count or quantity. Sense 2: To count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.

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178 occurrences166 verses33 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 13:16

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Genesis 13:16
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 13:16 · retained source text

And I will make thy seede as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbred.

Genesis 15:5
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 15:5 · retained source text

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Looke now towards heauen, and tell the starres, if thou be able to number them. And hee said vnto him, So shall thy seed be.

1611 marginal noteRom. 4.18.

Genesis 34:30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
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1611 witness · Genesis 34:30 · retained source text

And Iacob said to Simeon and Leui, Ye haue troubled me to make me to stinke among the inhabitants of the land, amongst the Canaanites, and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselues together against me, and slay me, and I shal be destroyed, I and my house.

Genesis 41:49
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
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1611 witness · Genesis 41:49 · retained source text

And Ioseph gathered corne as the sand of the sea, very much, vntill he left numbring: for it was without number.

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