KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Being in a place, at hand, or before another; now existing or current. Sense 2: A gift or offering brought or given to another. Sense 3: To bring, set, offer, or exhibit before another; to cause to appear or stand before; to lay before or make known.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 32:13
Complete exact-word concordance
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: neuerthelesse, afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruite of righteousnesse, vnto them which are exercised thereby.
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Wherefore I wil not be negligent to put you alwayes in remembrance of these things, though yee know them, and be stablished in the present trueth.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Now vnto him that is able to keepe you from falling, and to present you faultlesse before the presence of his glory with exceeding ioy,
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Being in a certain place; opposed to absent. Being before the face or near; being in company. Being now in view or under consideration. Now existing, or being at this time; not past or future.
That which is presented or given; a gift; a donative; something given or offered to another gratuitously.
To set, place or introduce into the presence or before the face of a superior. To exhibit to view or notice. To offer; to exhibit. To give; to offer gratuitously for reception. To lay before for consideration.
