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provide

Meaning of “provide”

To consider beforehand; to make provision or take thought for.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
11 occurrences11 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 22:8

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Exodus 18:21
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
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1611 witness · Exodus 18:21 · retained source text

Moreouer thou shalt prouide out of all the people able men, such as feare God, men of trueth, hating couetousnesse, and place such ouer them, to bee rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tennes.

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To consider beforehand; to make provision or take thought for.

printed p. 274; PDF p. 294; Internet Archive leaf n293