KJV dictionary & concordance

principal

Meaning of “principal”

Sense 1: First, chief, or highest in rank or importance. Sense 2: A chief person or leading thing.

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17 occurrences17 verses12 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 30:23

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Every verse containing “principal”

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Isaiah 16:8

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For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Isaiah 16:8 · retained source text

For the fieldes of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah, the lords of the heathen haue broken downe the principall plants thereof, they are come euen vnto Iazer, they wandred through the wildernesse, her branches are stretched out, they are gone ouer the sea.

1611 marginal noteOr, plucked vp.

Isaiah 28:25

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When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Isaiah 28:25 · retained source text

When hee hath made plaine the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principall wheate, and the appointed barly and the rye in their place?

1611 marginal noteOr, the wheat in the principall place and barley in the appointed place.

1611 marginal noteOr, spelt.

1611 marginal noteHeb. border.