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shew

Meaning of “shew”

Sense 1: To cause to see; to display, present, point out, or make visible. Sense 2: To reveal, disclose, declare, explain, teach, direct, or make known. Sense 3: To demonstrate, prove, manifest, or make evident. Sense 4: To exercise or perform kindness, mercy, favour, piety, or another stated disposition toward someone. Sense 5: An outward appearance, display, or presentation to view.

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228 occurrences218 verses46 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 12:1

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Jeremiah 16:10
¶ And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 16:10 · retained source text

¶ And it shal come to passe when thou shalt shewe this people all these wordes, and they shall say vnto thee; Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great euill against vs? or what is our iniquitie? or what is our sinne, that we haue committed against the LORD our God?

1611 marginal noteCha. 5.19. and 13.22.

Jeremiah 16:13
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 16:13 · retained source text

Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that yee knowe not, neither yee, nor your fathers, and there shall yee serue other Gods day and night, where I will not shewe you fauour.

1611 marginal noteDeut.4.27. and 28.64, 65.

Jeremiah 18:17
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 18:17 · retained source text

I will scatter them as with an East winde before the enemie: I will shew them the backe, and not the face, in the day of their calamitie.

Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 33:3 · retained source text

Call vnto me, and I will answere thee, and shew thee great and mightie things, which thou knowest not.

1611 marginal noteOr, hidden.

Jeremiah 42:3
That the Lord thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 42:3 · retained source text

That the LORD thy God may shew vs the way wherein we may walke, and the thing that we may doe.

Jeremiah 42:12
And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 42:12 · retained source text

And I will shew mercies vnto you, that he may haue mercy vpon you; and cause you to returne to your owne land.

Jeremiah 50:42
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:42 · retained source text

They shall holde the bow and the lance: they are cruell and will not shewe mercy: their voice shall roare like the sea, and they shall ride vpon horses, euery one put in aray like a man to the battell, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:31
One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 51:31 · retained source text

One poste shall runne to meet another, and one messenger to meete another, to shew the king of Babylon that his citie is taken at one end,

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