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promised

Meaning of “promised”

Gave an assurance or pledge that something would be done or given.

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First occurrence: Exodus 12:25

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Exodus 12:25
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 12:25 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe when yee bee come to the land, which the LORD will giue you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keepe this seruice.

Numbers 14:40
¶ And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 14:40 · retained source text

¶ And they rose vp early in the morning, and gate them vp into the top of the mountaine, saying, Loe, we be here, and will goe vp vnto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we haue sinned.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 1.41.

Deuteronomy 1:11
(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:11 · retained source text

(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many moe as ye are, and blesse you as he hath promised you.)

Deuteronomy 6:3
¶ Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 6:3 · retained source text

¶ Heare therefore, O Israel, and obserue to do it, that it may be wel with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milke and hony.

Deuteronomy 9:28
Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 9:28 · retained source text

Lest the land whence thou broughtest vs out, say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which hee promised them, and because hee hated them, hee hath brought them out, to slay them in the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteNum. 14.16.

Deuteronomy 10:9
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, according as the Lord thy God promised him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 10:9 · retained source text

Wherefore Leui hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren: the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

1611 marginal noteNum. 18.20.

Deuteronomy 12:20
¶ When the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 12:20 · retained source text

¶ When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as hee hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eate flesh (because thy soule longeth to eat flesh) thou mayest eat flesh whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after.

1611 marginal noteGene. 28.14. chap. 19.9.

Deuteronomy 15:6
For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:6 · retained source text

For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee, and thou shalt lend vnto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow, and thou shalt reigne ouer many nations, but they shall not reigne ouer thee.

1611 marginal noteChap. 28.12.

Deuteronomy 19:8
And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 19:8 · retained source text

And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast (as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers) and giue thee all the lande which hee promised to giue vnto thy fathers:

Deuteronomy 23:23
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 23:23 · retained source text

That which is gone out of thy lippes, thou shalt keepe and performe; euen a freewill offering according as thou hast vowed vnto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

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