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plead

Meaning of “plead”

Sense 1: To argue, appeal, or speak in support of a cause before one who may decide it. Sense 2: To contend, judge, vindicate, or maintain a cause.

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39 occurrences35 verses11 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Judges 6:31

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Jeremiah 2:9
¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 2:9 · retained source text

¶ Wherefore, I will yet pleade with you, sayth the LORD, and with your childrens children will I pleade.

Jeremiah 2:35
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 2:35 · retained source text

Yet thou sayest; Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turne from me: behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I haue not sinned.

Jeremiah 12:1
RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 12:1 · retained source text

¶ Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I pleade with thee: yet let mee talke with thee of thy iudgements: Wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they happie that deale very treacherously?

1611 marginal noteOr, let me reason the case with thee.

1611 marginal noteIob 21.7. psal. 37.1. and 73.3. hab. 1.3.

Jeremiah 25:31
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 25:31 · retained source text

A noise shall come euen to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controuersie with the nations: hee will pleade with all flesh, he will giue them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 30:13
There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 30:13 · retained source text

There is none to pleade thy cause, that thou mayest bee bonnd vp: thou hast no healing medicines.

1611 marginal noteHeb. for binding vp, or pressing.

Jeremiah 50:34
Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:34 · retained source text

Their Redeemer is strong, the LORD of hosts is his Name, he shall throughly pleade their cause, that hee may giue rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:36
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 51:36 · retained source text

Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I wil plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee, and I will drie vp her sea, and make her springs drie.

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