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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 Kings 4:7
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:7 · retained source text

Then she came, and told the man of God: and he said, Goe, sell the oyle, and pay thy debt, and liue thou and thy children of the rest.

1611 marginal noteOr, creditour.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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.

Ezra 4:13
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezra 4:13 · retained source text

Be it knowen now vnto the king, that if this city be builded, and the wals set vp againe, then will they not pay tolle, tribute, and custome, and so thou shalt endammage the reuenue of the kings.

1611 marginal noteChal. giue.

1611 marginal noteOr, strength.

Esther 3:9
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
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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.

Job 22:27
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
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1611 witness · Job 22:27 · retained source text

Thou shalt make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt pay thy vowes.

Psalms 22:25
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 22:25 · retained source text

My praise shalbe of thee, in the great congregation: I will pay my vowes, before them that feare him.

Psalms 66:13
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
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1611 witness · Psalms 66:13 · retained source text

I will goe into thy house, with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vowes,

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