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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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Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 9:16 · retained source text

Ephraim is smitten, their roote is dried vp, they shall beare no fruite: yea though they bring foorth, yet wil I slay euen the beloued fruite of their wombe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the desires.

Amos 2:3
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 2:3 · retained source text

And I will cut off the iudge from the middest thereof, and wil slay all the princes thereof with him, sayeth the LORD.

Amos 9:1
I SAW the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 9:1 · retained source text

¶ I saw the LORD standing vpon the altar, and he said, Smite the lintell of the doore, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head all of them, and I will slay the last of them with the sword: hee that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not be deliuered.

1611 marginal noteOr, chapiter, or knop.

1611 marginal noteOr, wound them.

Amos 9:4
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
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1611 witness · Amos 9:4 · retained source text

And though they goe into captiuitie before their enemies, thence will I commaund the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes vpon them for euill, and not for good.

1611 marginal noteIer.44.11.

Zechariah 11:5
Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
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1611 witness · Zechariah 11:5 · retained source text

Whose possessours slay them, and hold themselues not guiltie: and they that sell thē say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their owne shepheards pitie them not.

Luke 11:49
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
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1611 witness · Luke 11:49 · retained source text

Therefore also said the wisedome of God, I wil send them Prophets and Apostles, and some of them they shal slay and persecute:

Luke 19:27
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
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1611 witness · Luke 19:27 · retained source text

But those mine enemies which would not that I should reigne ouer them, bring hither, and slay them before mee.

John 5:16
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
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1611 witness · John 5:16 · retained source text

And therefore did the Iewes persecute Iesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.

Acts 5:33
¶ When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
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1611 witness · Acts 5:33 · retained source text

¶ When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and tooke counsell to slay them.

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