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slay

Meaning of “slay”

To kill or put to death.

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117 occurrences113 verses29 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:14

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2 Samuel 1:9
He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 1:9 · retained source text

He said vnto me againe, Stand, I pray thee, vpon me, and slay me: for anguish is come vpon mee, because my life is yet whole in me.

1611 marginal noteOr, my coat of male, (or, my embroidered coat) hindereth mee, that my, &c.

2 Samuel 3:37
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 3:37 · retained source text

For all the people, and all Israel vnderstood that day, that it was not of the King to slay Abner the sonne of Ner.

2 Samuel 21:2
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 21:2 · retained source text

And the king called the Gibeonites, and said vnto them, (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the children of Israel had sworne vnto them: and Saul sought to slay them, in his zeale to the children of Israel and Iudah)

1611 marginal noteIosh. 9.3,16,17.

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