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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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66 occurrences63 verses21 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 37:29

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Job 1:20
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 1:20 · retained source text

Then Iob arose, and rent his mantle, and shaued his head, and fell downe vpon the ground and worshipped,

1611 marginal noteOr, robe.

Job 2:12
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 2:12 · retained source text

And when they lift vp their eyes afarre off, and knew him not, they lifted vp their voice, and wept; and they rent euery one his mantle, and sprinckled dust vpon their heades toward heauen.

Job 26:8
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
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1611 witness · Job 26:8 · retained source text

Hee bindeth vp the waters in his thicke clouds, and the cloud is not rent vnder them.

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