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past

Meaning of “past”

Gone by, ended, or beyond a stated place, time, or limit.

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51 occurrences51 verses26 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 50:4

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2 Samuel 3:17
¶ And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 3:17 · retained source text

¶ And Abner had communication with the Elders of Israel, saying, Yee sought for Dauid in times past, to be king ouer you.

1611 marginal noteHebr. both yesterday, and the third day.

2 Samuel 5:2
Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 5:2 · retained source text

Also in time past when Saul was king ouer vs, thou wast hee that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt bee a captaine ouer Israel.

1611 marginal notePsal. 78.71.

2 Samuel 11:27
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 11:27 · retained source text

And when the mourning was past, Dauid sent, and fet her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a sonne: but the thing that Dauid had done, displeased the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. was euill in the eies of.

2 Samuel 16:1
AND when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 16:1 · retained source text

¶ And when Dauid was a little past the top of the hill, Beholde, Ziba the seruant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of asses sadled, and vpon them two hundred loaues of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottell of wine.

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