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perpetual

Meaning of “perpetual”

Continuing, enduring, or regularly recurring without interruption through the duration in view.

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28 occurrences28 verses9 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 9:12

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Psalms 74:3
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
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Lift vp thy feete vnto the perpetuall desolations: euen all that the enemie hath done wickedly in the Sanctuarie.

Psalms 78:66
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
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1611 witness · Psalms 78:66 · retained source text

And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetuall reproch.

Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 5:22 · retained source text

Feare yee not mee, saith the LORD? Will yee not tremble at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof tosse themselues, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer it?

1611 marginal noteIob.38.10, 11. psal. 104.9.

Jeremiah 8:5
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 8:5 · retained source text

Why then is this people of Ierusalem slidden backe, by a perpetual backesliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to returne.

Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 15:18 · retained source text

Why is my paine perpetuall? and my wound incurable which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether vnto me as a lyar, and as waters that faile?

1611 marginal noteHeb. be not sure?

1611 marginal noteChap. 30.15.

Jeremiah 18:16
To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 18:16 · retained source text

To make their land desolate and a perpetuall hissing: euery one that passeth thereby shall bee astonished, and wagge his head.

1611 marginal noteChap.19.8. and 49.13. and 50.13.

Jeremiah 23:40
And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 23:40 · retained source text

And I will bring an euerlasting reproch vpon you, and a perpetuall shame, which shall not be forgotten.

1611 marginal noteChap. 20.11.

Jeremiah 25:9
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:9 · retained source text

Behold, I will send and take all the families of the North, saith the LORD, and Nebuchad-rezzar the king of Babylon my seruant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will vtterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetuall desolations.

Jeremiah 25:12
¶ And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
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¶ And it shall come to passe when seuentie yeeres are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquitie, and the land of the Caldeans, and will make it perpetuall desolations.

1611 marginal noteHeb. visite vpon.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 36.22. eszr. 1.1. Chap. 29.10. dan. 9.2.

Jeremiah 49:13
For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 49:13 · retained source text

For I haue sworne by my selfe, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproch, a waste, and a curse, and all the cities thereof shall be perpetuall wastes.

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