KJV dictionary & concordance

purloining

Meaning of “purloining”

Secretly taking, withholding, stealing, or diverting for oneself what belongs to an employer, master, trust, or another.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Titus 2:10

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Titus 2:10 · retained source text

Not purloyning, but shewing all good fidelitie, that they may adorne the doctrine of God our Sauiour in all things.

Source order

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Historical English dictionary sources

Stealing.

volume 2, leaf 392, column 2-3 (main_dictionary)