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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 38:8

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Job 3:8
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 3:8 · retained source text

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise vp their mourning.

1611 marginal noteOr, Leuiathan.

Job 19:12
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 19:12 · retained source text

His troupes come together, and raise vp their way against me, and encampe round about my tabernacle.

Job 30:12
Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 30:12 · retained source text

Upon my right hand rise the youth, they push away my feete, and they raise vp against mee the wayes of their destruction.

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