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promise

Meaning of “promise”

Sense 1: An assurance or pledge that something will be done or given. Sense 2: That which is promised. Sense 3: To give such an assurance or pledge.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
53 occurrences50 verses15 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Numbers 14:34

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Numbers 14:34
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After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:34 · retained source text

After the number of the dayes in which ye searched the land, euen fortie dayes (each day for a yeere) shall yee beare your iniquities, euen forty yeeres, and yee shall know my breach of promise.

1611 marginal noteOr, altering of my purpose.

1611 marginal noteEzech. 4.6. psal. 95.19.

Complete reference index — all 50 verses
Numbers 14:341 Kings 8:562 Chronicles 1:9Nehemiah 5:12Nehemiah 5:13Psalms 77:8Psalms 105:42Luke 24:49Acts 1:4Acts 2:33Acts 2:39Acts 7:17Acts 13:23Acts 13:32Acts 23:21Acts 26:6Acts 26:7Romans 4:13Romans 4:14Romans 4:16Romans 4:20Romans 9:8Romans 9:9Galatians 3:14Galatians 3:17Galatians 3:18Galatians 3:19Galatians 3:22Galatians 3:29Galatians 4:23Galatians 4:28Ephesians 1:13Ephesians 2:12Ephesians 3:6Ephesians 6:21 Timothy 4:82 Timothy 1:1Hebrews 4:1Hebrews 6:13Hebrews 6:15Hebrews 6:17Hebrews 9:15Hebrews 10:36Hebrews 11:9Hebrews 11:392 Peter 2:192 Peter 3:42 Peter 3:92 Peter 3:131 John 2:25

Where “promise” appears

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Numbers1 occurrence
1 verse1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah3 occurrences
2 versesPsalms2 occurrences
2 versesLuke1 occurrence
1 verseActs9 occurrences
9 versesRomans6 occurrences
6 versesGalatians9 occurrences
8 versesEphesians4 occurrences
4 verses1 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verse2 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews9 occurrences
8 verses2 Peter4 occurrences
4 verses1 John1 occurrence
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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

1 John 2:25

this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

A declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another ... to do or forbear a certain act specified. ... A binding declaration of something to be done or given. ... That which is promised; fulfillment or grant of what is promised.

volume 2, leaf 371, columns 1-2 (noun entry, bounded senses 1, 3, and 5)

Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

To make a declaration to another ... to do or forbear some act. ... To make declaration or give assurance of some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow.

volume 2, leaf 371, column 2 (transitive verb entry, bounded senses 1 and 3)

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