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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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Mark 2:21
No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Mark 2:21 · retained source text

No man also soweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it vp, taketh away from the old, & the rent is made worse.

1611 marginal noteOr, raw, or vnwrought.

Mark 9:26
And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 9:26 · retained source text

And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him, and he was as one dead, insomuch that many said, He is dead.

Mark 15:38
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Mark 15:38 · retained source text

And the vaile of the Temple was rent in twaine, from the top to the bottome.

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