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requiting

Meaning of “requiting”

Recompensing; rewarding; giving in return.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Chronicles 6:23

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The KJV occurrence

KJV PCE
2 Chronicles 6:23
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 6:23 · retained source text

Then heare thou from heauen, and doe, and iudge thy seruants by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way vpon his owne head, and by iustifying the righteous, by giuing him according to his righteousnesse.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

2 Chronicles 6:23

Requiting the wicked is immediately explained by recompensing his way upon his own head, an express defining parallel.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Recompensing; rewarding; giving in return.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 466