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receive

Meaning of “receive”

To take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain what is given or presented.

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176 occurrences167 verses42 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:11

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Job 2:10
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 2:10 · retained source text

But he said vnto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh; what? shall wee receiue good at the hand of God, and shall wee not receiue euill? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.

Job 22:22
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 22:22 · retained source text

Receiue, I pray thee, the Lawe from his mouth, and lay vp his words in thine heart.

Job 27:13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 27:13 · retained source text

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressours which they shall receiue of the Almightie.

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