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pressed

Meaning of “pressed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of press, meaning to push, crowd, compress, urge forward, pursue earnestly, or bear forcefully upon.

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15 occurrences14 verses10 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:3

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2 Samuel 13:25
And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 13:25 · retained source text

And the King sayde to Absalom, Nay, my sonne, let vs not all now goe, lest we be chargeable vnto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not goe, but blessed him.

2 Samuel 13:27
But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 13:27 · retained source text

But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the kings sonnes goe with him.

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