KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of obtain, meaning to gain, acquire, receive, secure, or attain.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Nehemiah 13:6
Complete exact-word concordance
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecuter, and iniurious. But I obtained mercie, because I did it ignorantly, in vnbeliefe.
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
Howbeit, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Iesus Christ might shew foorth all long suffering, for a paterne to them which should hereafter beleeue on him to life euerlasting.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Gained; procured; acquired.
