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searching

Meaning of “searching”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of search, meaning to seek carefully, examine, explore, or inquire in order to find or know.

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5 occurrences5 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 13:25

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Every verse containing “searching”

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Job 11:7
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 11:7 · retained source text

Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out the Almightie vnto perfection?

Proverbs 20:27
The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 20:27 · retained source text

The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

1611 marginal noteOr, lampe.

Isaiah 40:28
¶ Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 40:28 · retained source text

¶ Hast thou not knowen? hast thou not heard, that the euerlasting God, the LORD, the Creatour of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is wearie? there is no searching of his vnderstanding.

1611 marginal notePsa. 147.5.

1 Peter 1:11
searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Peter 1:11 · retained source text

Searching what, or what maner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signifie, when it testified beforehand the suffrings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

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