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oversight

Meaning of “oversight”

Sense 1: Supervision, charge, care, responsibility, or watchful direction over persons, work, property, or ministry. Sense 2: An unintended failure to notice, mistake, or omission.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

11 occurrences11 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 43:12

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2 Chronicles 34:10

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And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and amend the house:

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 34:10 · retained source text

And they put it in the hand of the workemen that had the ouersight of the house of the LORD, and they gaue it to the workemen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repaire and mend the house.