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slain

Meaning of “slain”

Killed, put to death, struck down, or slaughtered.

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:23

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Deuteronomy 28:31
Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:31 · retained source text

Thine oxe shall be slaine before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine asse shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shal not be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou shalt haue none to rescue them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shall not returne to thee, &c.

Deuteronomy 32:42
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 32:42 · retained source text

I will make mine arrowes drunke with blood, (and my sword shal deuoure flesh) and that with the blood of the slaine, and of the captiues, from the beginning of reuenges vpon the enemie.

Joshua 11:6
¶ And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
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1611 witness · Joshua 11:6 · retained source text

¶ And the LORD saide vnto Ioshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliuer them vp al slaine before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burne their charets with fire.

Joshua 13:22
¶ Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
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1611 witness · Joshua 13:22 · retained source text

¶ Balaam also the sonne of Beor the Sooth-sayer did the children of Israel slay with the sword, among them that were slaine by them.

1611 marginal noteOr, diuiner

Judges 9:18
And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
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1611 witness · Judges 9:18 · retained source text

And yee are risen vp against my fathers house this day, and haue slaine his sonnes, threescore aud ten persons, vpon one stone, and haue made Abimelech the sonne of his maidseruant, king ouer the men of Shechem, because he is your brother.)

Judges 15:16
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
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1611 witness · Judges 15:16 · retained source text

And Samson said, With the iawbone of an asse, heapes vpon heapes, with the iaw of an asse haue I slaine a thousand men.

1611 marginal noteHeb. an heape, two heapes

Judges 20:4
And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
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1611 witness · Judges 20:4 · retained source text

And the Leuite the husband of the woman that was slaine, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Beniamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the man the Leuite.

Judges 20:5
And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
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1611 witness · Judges 20:5 · retained source text

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about vpon me by night, and thought to haue slaine mee, and my concubine haue they forced that she is dead.

1611 marginal noteHeb. humbled.

1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 4:11 · retained source text

And the Arke of God was taken, and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni, and Phinehas were slaine.

1611 marginal noteHebr. died.

1 Samuel 18:7
And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 18:7 · retained source text

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slaine his thousands, and Dauid his ten thousands.

1611 marginal noteChap. 21.11. and 29.5. ecclus. 47.6.

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