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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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Judges 9:48
And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
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1611 witness · Judges 9:48 · retained source text

And Abimelech gate him vp to mount Zalmon, hee and all the people that were with him, & Abimelech tooke an axe in his hand, and cut downe a bough from the trees, and tooke it, and laide it on his shoulder, and said vnto the people that were with him, What ye haue seene me doe, make haste, and doe as I haue done.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I haue done.

1 Samuel 9:24
And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 9:24 · retained source text

And the cooke took vp the shoulder, and that which was vpon it, and set it before Saul, and Samuel said, Behold, that which is left, set it before thee, and eate: for vnto this time hath it bene kept for thee, since I said I haue inuited the people: So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

1611 marginal noteOr, reserued.

Nehemiah 9:29
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:29 · retained source text

And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them againe vnto thy lawe: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not vnto thy commaundements, but sinned against thy iudgements, (which if a man doe, he shal liue in them) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their necke, and would not heare.

1611 marginal noteHeb. they gaue a withdrawing shoulder.

Job 31:22
Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 31:22 · retained source text

Then let mine arme fall from my shoulder-blade, and mine arme be broken from the bone.

1611 marginal noteOr, the channell bone.

Job 31:36
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
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1611 witness · Job 31:36 · retained source text

Surely I would take it vpon my shoulder, and bind it as a crowne to me.

Psalms 81:6
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
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1611 witness · Psalms 81:6 · retained source text

I remoued his shoulder from the burden: his handes were deliuered from the pots.

1611 marginal noteHebr. passed away.

Isaiah 9:4
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 9:4 · retained source text

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staffe of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressour, as in the day of Midian.

1611 marginal noteOr, when thou brakest.

1611 marginal noteIudg.7.22 cha. 10.26.

Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 9:6 · retained source text

For vnto vs a child is borne, vnto vs a Sonne is giuen, and the gouernment shalbe vpon his shoulder: and his name shalbe called, Wonderfull, Counseller, The mightie God, The euerlasting Father, The Prince of peace.

1611 marginal noteIoh. 3.16.

Isaiah 10:27
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 10:27 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe in that day, that his burden shalbe taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy necke, and the yoke shalbe destroyed because of the anointing.

1611 marginal noteHebr. shall remoue.

Isaiah 22:22
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 22:22 · retained source text

And the key of the house of Dauid will I lay vpon his shoulder: so he shall open and none shall shut, and he shall shut and none shall open.

1611 marginal noteIob 12.14 reue.3.7.

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