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right

Meaning of “right”

1. Correct, just, upright, proper, lawful, fitting, true, or due; also a rightful claim or authority. 2. The direction or side opposite the left. 3. Straight, favourable, skilful, or approved. 4. Very, quite, or fully.

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First occurrence: Genesis 13:9

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2 Kings 10:15
¶ And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 10:15 · retained source text

¶ And when hee was departed thence, he lighted on Iehonadab the sonne of Rechab, comming to meet him: and he saluted him, & said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Iehonadab answered, It is: If it be, giue mee thine hand. And hee gaue him his hand, and hee tooke him vp to him into the charet.

1611 marginal noteHebr. found.

1611 marginal noteHebr. blessed.

2 Kings 10:30
And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 10:30 · retained source text

And the LORD said vnto Iehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done vnto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation, shal sit on the throne of Israel.

2 Kings 11:11
And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 11:11 · retained source text

And the guard stood, euery man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the Temple, to the left corner of the Temple, along by the Altar and the Temple.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shoulder.

2 Kings 12:2
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 12:2 · retained source text

And Iehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his dayes, wherein Iehoiada the Priest instructed him.

2 Kings 12:9
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the Lord: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 12:9 · retained source text

But Iehoiada the priest tooke a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the Altar, on the right side, as one commeth into the house of the LORD, and the priests that kept the doore, put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. threshold.

2 Kings 14:3
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 14:3 · retained source text

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like Dauid his father: hee did according to all things as Ioash his father did.

2 Kings 15:3
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 15:3 · retained source text

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;

2 Kings 15:34
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 15:34 · retained source text

And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: hee did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.

2 Kings 16:2
Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his father.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 16:2 · retained source text

Twentie yeeres olde was Ahaz when hee began to reigne, and reigned sixteene yeeres in Ierusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like Dauid his father:

2 Kings 17:9
And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:9 · retained source text

And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right, against the LORD their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen, to the fenced city.

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