KJV dictionary & concordance

prescribing

Meaning of “prescribing”

Fixing or specifying a limit or amount.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

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First occurrence: Ezra 7:22

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Ezra 7:22

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Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Ezra 7:22 · retained source text

Unto an hundred talents of siluer, and to an hundred measures of wheate, and to an hundred bathes of wine, and to an hundred bathes of oyle, and salt, without prescribing how much.

1611 marginal noteChald: Cores.

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Ezra 7:22

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

Directing; giving as a rule of conduct or treatment.

volume 2, leaf 350, column 1 (entry starts at OCR line 20)