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shoulder

Meaning of “shoulder”

Sense 1: The upper joint of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, a place of bearing, support, or responsibility.

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38 occurrences38 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 21:14

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Numbers 6:19
And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven:
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1611 witness · Numbers 6:19 · retained source text

And the Priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ramme, and one vnleauened cake out of the basket, and one vnleauened wafer, and shall put them vpon the hands of the Nazarite, after the haire of his separation is shauen.

Numbers 6:20
And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine.
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1611 witness · Numbers 6:20 · retained source text

And the Priest shall waue them for a waue offring before the LORD: this is holy for the Priest, with the waue breast, and heaue shoulder: and after that, the Nazarite may drinke wine.

1611 marginal noteExod. 29.27.

Numbers 18:18
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
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1611 witness · Numbers 18:18 · retained source text

And the flesh of them shall bee thine: as the waue breast, and as the right shoulder are thine.

1611 marginal noteExod. 29.26.

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