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rear

Meaning of “rear”

To raise, set up, erect, establish, or build up.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
4 occurrences4 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 26:30

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Every verse containing “rear”

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Exodus 26:30
And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 26:30 · retained source text

And thou shalt reare vp the Tabernacle according to the fashion therof, which was shewed thee in the mount.

1611 marginal noteChap. 25.9,40. acts 7.44. heb.8.5.

Leviticus 26:1
YE shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 26:1 · retained source text

¶ Yee shall make you no Idoles nor grauen Image, neither reare you vp a standing image, neither shall yee set vp any Image of stone in your land, to bow downe vnto it: For I am the LORD your God.

1611 marginal noteOr, pillar.

1611 marginal noteOr, figured stone. Hebr. a stone of picture.

1611 marginal noteExod. 20.4. deut. 5.8. and 16.22. psal. 97.7.

2 Samuel 24:18
¶ And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 24:18 · retained source text

¶ And Gad came that day to Dauid, and said vnto him, Goe vp, reare an Altar vnto the LORD, in the threshing floore of Araunah the Iebusite.

John 2:20
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 2:20 · retained source text

Then said the Iewes, Fourty and six yeres was this Temple in building, and wilt thou reare it vp in three dayes?

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To raise; to lift up; to erect; to build.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 426