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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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Genesis 43:12
And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 43:12 · retained source text

And take double money in your hand, and the money that was brought againe in the mouth of your sackes: carie it againe in your hand, peraduenture it was an ouersight.

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Historical definitions

Superintendence; watchful care. An omission or error from inadvertence.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 239