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rent

Meaning of “rent”

Sense 1: Tore, ripped, split, broke apart, divided, or removed forcibly. Sense 2: A tear, split, or breach produced by such action.

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First occurrence: Genesis 37:29

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Genesis 37:29
¶ And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:29 · retained source text

¶ And Reuben returned vnto the pit, and behold, Ioseph was not in the pit: and he rent his clothes.

Genesis 37:33
And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 37:33 · retained source text

And he knew it, and said, It is my sonnes coat: an euil beast hath deuoured him; Ioseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

1611 marginal noteChap. 44.28.

Genesis 37:34
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 37:34 · retained source text

And Iacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth vpon his loines, & mourned for his sonne many dayes.

Genesis 44:13
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 44:13 · retained source text

Then they rent their clothes, and laded euery man his asse, and returned to the citie.

Exodus 28:32
And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 28:32 · retained source text

And there shall bee an hole in the top of it, in the mids thereof: it shall haue a binding of wouen worke, round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

Leviticus 13:45
And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 13:45 · retained source text

And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a couering vpon his vpper lip, and shall cry, Uncleane, vncleane.

Numbers 14:6
¶ And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 14:6 · retained source text

¶ And Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes.

Joshua 7:6
¶ And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
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1611 witness · Joshua 7:6 · retained source text

¶ And Ioshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth vpon his face, before the Arke of the LORD, vntill the euentide, he and the Elders of Israel, and put dust vpon their heads.

Joshua 9:4
They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 9:4 · retained source text

They did worke wilily, and went and made as if they had beene embassadours, and tooke old sackes vpon their asses, and wine-bottels, old, and rent, and bound vp,

Joshua 9:13
And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 9:13 · retained source text

And these bottels of wine which we filled, were new, and behold, they be rent: and these our garments, and our shooes are become old, by reason of the very long iourney.

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