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peradventure

Meaning of “peradventure”

Perhaps, possibly, it may be, or if it should happen.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
32 occurrences32 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 18:24

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2 Kings 2:16
¶ And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 2:16 · retained source text

¶ And they said vnto him, Behold now, there bee with thy seruants fiftie strong men, let them goe, we pray thee, and seeke thy master: lest peraduenture the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him vp, and cast him vpon some mountaine, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

1611 marginal noteHebr. sonnes of strength.

1611 marginal noteHebr. one of the mountaines.

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