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put

Meaning of “put”

To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:8

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Esther 4:1
WHEN Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 4:1 · retained source text

¶ When Mordecai perceiued all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the citie, and cried with a loud and a bitter crie:

Esther 4:11
All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Esther 4:11 · retained source text

All the Kings seruants, and the people of the kings prouinces do know, that whosoeuer, whether man or woman, shall come vnto the King into the inner court, who is not called, there is one lawe of his to put him to death, except such to whom the King shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may liue: but I haue not beene called to come in vnto the King, these thirtie dayes.

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
The 1611 reading
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.

Esther 8:3
¶ And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 8:3 · retained source text

¶ And Esther spake yet againe before the king, and fell downe at his feet, and besought him with teares, to put away the mischiefe of Haman the Agagite, and his deuice, that he had deuised against the Iewes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. and she wept and besought him.

Esther 9:1
NOW in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
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1611 witness · Esther 9:1 · retained source text

¶ Now in the twelfth month (that is the moneth Adar) on the thirteenth day of the same, when the Kings commaundement and his decree drew neere to bee put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Iewes hoped to haue power ouer them: (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Iewes had rule ouer them that hated them.)

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Genesis42 occurrences
40 verses
Exodus105 occurrences
98 verses
Leviticus78 occurrences
66 verses
Numbers55 occurrences
48 verses
Deuteronomy45 occurrences
40 verses
Joshua10 occurrences
9 verses
Judges31 occurrences
29 verses
Ruth1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Samuel29 occurrences
28 verses
2 Samuel26 occurrences
25 verses
1 Kings34 occurrences
31 verses
2 Kings30 occurrences
25 verses
1 Chronicles15 occurrences
15 verses
2 Chronicles39 occurrences
37 verses
Ezra7 occurrences
7 verses
Nehemiah8 occurrences
7 verses
Esther5 occurrences
5 verses
Job17 occurrences
17 verses
Psalms42 occurrences
41 verses
Proverbs12 occurrences
11 verses
Ecclesiastes3 occurrences
3 verses
Song of Solomon3 occurrences
2 verses
Isaiah24 occurrences
20 verses
Jeremiah45 occurrences
42 verses
Ezekiel36 occurrences
35 verses
Daniel2 occurrences
2 verses
Hosea1 occurrence
1 verse
Joel1 occurrence
1 verse
Amos1 occurrence
1 verse
Jonah1 occurrence
1 verse
Micah2 occurrences
2 verses
Zephaniah1 occurrence
1 verse
Haggai1 occurrence
1 verse
Matthew34 occurrences
32 verses
Mark22 occurrences
22 verses
Luke14 occurrences
13 verses
John17 occurrences
15 verses
Acts14 occurrences
14 verses
Romans3 occurrences
3 verses
1 Corinthians14 occurrences
10 verses
2 Corinthians2 occurrences
2 verses
Galatians1 occurrence
1 verse
Ephesians5 occurrences
5 verses
Colossians5 occurrences
5 verses
1 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Timothy2 occurrences
2 verses
2 Timothy2 occurrences
2 verses
Titus1 occurrence
1 verse
Philemon1 occurrence
1 verse
Hebrews10 occurrences
7 verses
James1 occurrence
1 verse
1 Peter2 occurrences
2 verses
2 Peter2 occurrences
2 verses
Jude1 occurrence
1 verse
Revelation3 occurrences
3 verses

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