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possessed

Meaning of “possessed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of possess, meaning to have, hold, occupy, obtain, or take as one's own.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
39 occurrences39 verses16 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 21:24

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Matthew 4:24
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
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1611 witness · Matthew 4:24 · retained source text

And his fame went thorowout all Syria: and they brought vnto him all sicke people that were taken with diuerse diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with deuils, and those which were lunaticke, and those that had the palsie, and he healed them.

Matthew 8:16
¶ When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
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1611 witness · Matthew 8:16 · retained source text

¶ When the Euen was come, they brought vnto him many that were possessed with deuils: and hee cast out the spirits with his worde, and healed all that were sicke,

1611 marginal noteMar.1.32. luke 4.40.

Matthew 8:28
¶ And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
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1611 witness · Matthew 8:28 · retained source text

¶ And when hee was come to the other side, into the countrey of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with deuils, comming out of the tombes, exceeding fierce, so that no man might passe by that way.

1611 marginal noteMarke 5.1. luk. 8.16.

Matthew 8:33
And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
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1611 witness · Matthew 8:33 · retained source text

And they that kept them, fled, and went their waies into the citie, and told euery thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the deuils.

Matthew 9:32
¶ As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
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1611 witness · Matthew 9:32 · retained source text

¶ As they went out, beholde, they brought to him a dumbe man possessed with a deuill.

1611 marginal noteLuke 11.14.

Matthew 12:22
¶ Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
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1611 witness · Matthew 12:22 · retained source text

¶ Then was brought vnto him one possessed with a deuill, blinde, and dumbe: and hee healed him, insomuch that the blinde and dumbe both spake and saw.

1611 marginal noteLuke 11.14.

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Held by lawful title; occupied; enjoyed; affected by demons or invisible agents.

volume 2, leaf 331, column 2 (main_dictionary)