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prosperity

Meaning of “prosperity”

Success, welfare, peace, safety, abundance, wealth, or flourishing.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
17 occurrences17 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 23:6

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Jeremiah 22:21
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 22:21 · retained source text

I spake vnto thee in thy prosperitie, but thou saidest, I will not heare: this hath bin thy maner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

1611 marginal noteHeb. prosperities.

Jeremiah 33:9
¶ And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 33:9 · retained source text

¶ And it shall be to me a name of ioy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall heare all the good that I doe vnto them: and they shall feare and tremble for all the goodnesse, and for all the prosperitie that I procure vnto it.

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Advance or gain in any thing good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; success; attainment of the object desired.

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