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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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Esther 3:9
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If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 3:9 · retained source text

If it please the king, let it be written, that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of siluer to the handes of those that haue the charge of the businesse, to bring it into the kings treasuries.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to destroy them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. weigh.

Esther 4:7
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And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 4:7 · retained source text

And Mordecai tolde him of all that had happened vnto him, and of the summe of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the Kings treasuries for the Iewes, to destroy them.

Complete reference index — all 38 verses
Exodus 21:19Exodus 21:22Exodus 21:36Exodus 22:7Exodus 22:9Exodus 22:17Numbers 20:19Deuteronomy 23:212 Samuel 15:71 Kings 20:392 Kings 4:72 Chronicles 8:82 Chronicles 27:5Ezra 4:13Esther 3:9Esther 4:7Job 22:27Psalms 22:25Psalms 50:14Psalms 66:13Psalms 76:11Psalms 116:14Psalms 116:18Proverbs 19:17Proverbs 22:27Ecclesiastes 5:4Ecclesiastes 5:5Jonah 2:9Matthew 17:24Matthew 18:25Matthew 18:26Matthew 18:28Matthew 18:29Matthew 18:30Matthew 18:34Matthew 23:23Luke 7:42Romans 13:6

Where “pay” appears

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Exodus6 occurrences
6 versesNumbers1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy1 occurrence
1 verse2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse2 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse2 Chronicles2 occurrences
2 versesEzra1 occurrence
1 verseEsther2 occurrences
2 versesJob1 occurrence
1 versePsalms6 occurrences
6 versesProverbs2 occurrences
2 versesEcclesiastes3 occurrences
2 versesJonah1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew8 occurrences
8 versesLuke1 occurrence
1 verseRomans1 occurrence
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