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ready

Meaning of “ready”

Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
100 occurrences99 verses36 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:6

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1 Peter 1:5
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Peter 1:5 · retained source text

Who are kept by the power of God through faith vnto saluation, ready to be reuealed in the last time.

1 Peter 3:15
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Peter 3:15 · retained source text

But sanctifie the Lord God in your hearts, & be ready alwayes to giue an answere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekenesse and feare:

1611 marginal noteOr, reuerence.

1 Peter 4:5
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Peter 4:5 · retained source text

Who shal giue accompt to him that is ready to iudge the quicke & the dead.

1 Peter 5:2
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Peter 5:2 · retained source text

Feede the flocke of God which is among you, taking the ouersight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly: not for filthy lucre, but of a ready minde:

1611 marginal noteOr, as much as in you is.

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In a state of preparation, so as to need no delay.

volume 2, leaf 425, column 1 (main_dictionary)