KJV dictionary & concordance
A judgment, decision, or decree pronounced by one having authority, especially a condemning judgment.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 17:9
Complete exact-word concordance
And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
And thou shalt come vnto the Priests the Leuites, & vnto the Iudge that shal be in those dayes, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of Iudgement.
And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
And thou shalt doe according to the sentence which they of that place (which the LORD shall choose) shall shew thee, and thou shalt obserue to do according to all that they enforme thee:
According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
According to the sentence of the Law which they shall teach thee, and according to the Iudgement which they shall tell thee thou shalt doe: thou shalt not decline from the Sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence: let thine eyes beholde the things that are equall.
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
A diuine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in iudgement.
1611 marginal noteHeb. diuination.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Because sentence against an euill worke is not executed speedily; therefore the heart of the sonnes of men is fully set in them to doe euill.
Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them.
Euen a full winde from those places shall come vnto mee: now also will I giue sentence against them.
1611 marginal noteOr, a fuller winde then those.
1611 marginal noteHebr. vtter iudgements.
And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
And Pilate gaue sentence that it should be as they required.
1611 marginal noteOr, assented.
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
But we had the sentence of death in our selues, that we should not trust in our selues, but in God which raiseth the dead.
1611 marginal noteOr, answere.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A judgment or decision pronounced; especially a judicial determination or condemnation.
