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put on

Meaning of “put on”

1. To place upon, clothe, or cover. 2. To assume a character, identity, conduct, or condition.

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49 occurrences45 verses24 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 28:20

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Esther 5:1
NOW it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Esther 5:1 · retained source text

¶ Now it came to passe on the third day, that Esther put on her royall apparell, and stood in the inner court of the kings house, ouer against the kings house: and the King sate vpon his royall throne in the royall house, ouer against the gate of the house.

Isaiah 51:9
¶ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 51:9 · retained source text

¶ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arme of the LORD, awake as in the ancient dayes, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

1611 marginal notePsal. 74.13,14. eze. 29.3.

Isaiah 52:1
AWAKE, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 52:1 · retained source text

¶ Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion, put on thy beautifull garments, O Ierusalem the holy citie: for hencefoorth there shall no more come into thee the vncircumcised, and the vncleane.

1611 marginal noteChap. 51.17.

Isaiah 59:17
For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 59:17 · retained source text

For he put on righteousnesse as a brestplate, and an helmet of saluation vpon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeale as a cloake.

1611 marginal noteEphes 6.17. 1.thes. 5.8.

Ezekiel 24:17
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 24:17 · retained source text

Forbeare to crie, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head vpon thee, and put on thy shooes vpon thy feete, and couer not thy lips, and eate not the bread of men.

1611 marginal noteHeb. be silent.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vpper lip. And so vers.22.

Ezekiel 42:14
When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 42:14 · retained source text

When the Priests enter therein, then shall they not goe out of the holy place into the vtter court, but there they shall lay their garments, wherein they minister: for they are holy, and shall put on other garments, and shall approch to those things which are for the people.

Ezekiel 44:19
And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 44:19 · retained source text

And when they goe forth into the vtter court, euen into the vtter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministred, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments, and they shall not sanctifie the people with their garments.

Jonah 3:5
¶ So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
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1611 witness · Jonah 3:5 · retained source text

¶ So the people of Nineueh beleeued God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackecloth from the greatest of them euen to the least of them.

1611 marginal noteMatth.12.41. luke 11.32.

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