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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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Zechariah 1:17
Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 1:17 · retained source text

Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hostes, My cities through prosperitie shall yet be spread abroad, and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Ierusalem.

1611 marginal noteHebr. good.

Zechariah 7:7
Should ye not hear the words which the Lord hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?
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1611 witness · Zechariah 7:7 · retained source text

Should yee not heare the wordes, which the LORD hath cried by the former Prophets, when Ierusalem was inhabited, and in prosperitie, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the South of the plaine?

1611 marginal noteOr, are not these the wordes.

1611 marginal noteHebr. by the hand of, &c.

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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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