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raise

Meaning of “raise”

Sense 1: To rouse; to stir up. Sense 2: To lift or set upright. Sense 3: To exalt. Sense 4: To build or produce. Sense 5: To call forth. Sense 6: To restore to life.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
59 occurrences58 verses29 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 38:8

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Isaiah 15:5
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 15:5 · retained source text

My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitiues shall flee vnto Zoar, an heifer of three yeeres olde: for by the mounting vp of Luhith with weeping shall they goe it vp: for in the way of Horonaim, they shall raise vp a crie of destruction.

1611 marginal noteOr, to the borders thereof euen to Zoar as an heifer.

1611 marginal noteHeb. breaking.

1611 marginal noteIere.48.5, 34.

Isaiah 29:3
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 29:3 · retained source text

And I will campe against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

Isaiah 44:26
That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 44:26 · retained source text

That confirmeth the word of his seruant, and performeth the counsell of his messengers, that saith to Ierusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Iudah, Yee shall be built, and I will raise vp the decayed places thereof.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wastes.

Isaiah 49:6
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 49:6 · retained source text

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my seruant to raise vp the tribes of Iacob, and to restore the preserued of Israel: I will also giue thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my saluation, vnto the end of the earth.

1611 marginal noteOr, art thou lighter, then that thou shouldest &c.

1611 marginal noteOr, desolations.

1611 marginal noteChap.42.6.

Isaiah 58:12
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 58:12 · retained source text

And they that shall be of thee, shall builde the olde waste places: thou shalt raise vp the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.

1611 marginal noteCha. 61.6.

Isaiah 61:4
¶ And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 61:4 · retained source text

¶ And they shall build the olde wastes, they shall raise vp the former desolations, and they shall repaire the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

1611 marginal noteChap. 58.12.

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