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pay

Meaning of “pay”

To discharge a debt or obligation; to render what is due, fulfill a promise, reward, or recompense.

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39 occurrences38 verses17 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 21:19

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2 Chronicles 8:8
But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 8:8 · retained source text

But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not; them did Solomon make to pay tribute, vntill this day.

2 Chronicles 27:5
¶ He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 27:5 · retained source text

¶ He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and preuailed against them. And the children of Ammon gaue him the same yeere an hundred talents of siluer, and ten thousand measures of wheate, and tenne thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay vnto him, both the second yeere, and the third.

1611 marginal noteHeb. much.

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