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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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Luke 5:36
¶ And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
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1611 witness · Luke 5:36 · retained source text

¶ And he spake also a parable vnto them, No man putteth a piece of a newe garment vpon an olde: if otherwise, then both the newe maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new, agreeth not with the olde.

Luke 23:45
And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
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1611 witness · Luke 23:45 · retained source text

And the Sunne was darkened, and the vaile of the temple was rent in the mids.

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