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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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2 Kings 11:8
And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 11:8 · retained source text

And yee shall compasse the King round about, euery man with his weapons in his hand: and he that commeth within the ranges, let him bee slaine: and be yee with the king, as hee goeth out, and as he commeth in.

2 Kings 11:15
But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 11:15 · retained source text

But Iehoiada the Priest commanded the captaines of the hundreds, the officers of the hoste, and sayde vnto them, Haue her foorth without the ranges; and him that followeth her, kill with the sword: for the Priest had sayd, Let her not be slaine in the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 11:16
And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 11:16 · retained source text

And they laid hands on her, and she went by the way, by the which the horses came into the kings house, and there was she slaine.

2 Kings 14:5
¶ And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 14:5 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe assoone as the kingdome was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his seruants which had slaine the king his father.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.20.

1 Chronicles 5:22
For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 5:22 · retained source text

For there fell downe many slaine, because the warre was of God. And they dwelt in their steads vntil the captiuity.

1 Chronicles 10:1
NOW the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 10:1 · retained source text

¶ Nowe the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell downe slaine in mount Gilboa.

1611 marginal noteOr, wounded.

1611 marginal note1.Sam. 31.1,2.

1 Chronicles 10:8
¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 10:8 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slaine, that they found Saul and his sonnes fallen in mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 11:11
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 11:11 · retained source text

And this is the number of the mightie men, whom Dauid had: Iashobeam an Hachmonite, the chiefe of the captaines: he lift vp his speare against three hundred, slaine by him at one time.

1611 marginal noteOr, Sonne of Hachmoni.

2 Chronicles 21:13
But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 21:13 · retained source text

But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Iudah and the inhabitants of Ierusalem to goe a whoring, like to the whoredomes of the house of Ahab, and also hast slaine thy brethren of thy fathers house, which were better then thy selfe:

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