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shred

Meaning of “shred”

Cut up into small pieces.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Kings 4:39

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The KJV occurrence

KJV PCE
2 Kings 4:39
And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 4:39 · retained source text

And one went out into the field to gather herbes, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wilde gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To cut up into small pieces.

printed p. 277; PDF p. 297; Internet Archive leaf n296