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princes

Meaning of “princes”

Rulers, chiefs, or persons of high rank and authority.

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273 occurrences256 verses29 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 12:15

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Lamentations 1:6
And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Lamentations 1:6 · retained source text

And from the daughter of Zion all her beautie is departed: her princes are become like Harts that find no pasture, & they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

Lamentations 2:2
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 2:2 · retained source text

The LORD hath swallowed vp all the habitations of Iacob, and hath not pitied: he hath throwen downe in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Iudah: he hath brought them down to the ground: hee hath polluted the kingdome and the princes thereof.

1611 marginal noteHeb. made to couch.

Lamentations 2:9
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Lamentations 2:9 · retained source text

Her gates are sunke into the ground: he hath destroyed and broken her barres: her King and her Princes are among the Gentiles: the Law is no more, her prophets also finde no vision from the LORD.

1611 marginal notePsal.74.9.

Lamentations 5:12
Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 5:12 · retained source text

Princes are hanged vp by their hand: the faces of Elders were not honoured.

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