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slew

Meaning of “slew”

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

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196 occurrences185 verses25 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:8

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Showing verses 1–10 of 19 · 21 word occurrences in this result

2 Samuel 1:10
So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 1:10 · retained source text

So I stood vpon him, and slew him, because I was sure that hee could not liue after that hee was fallen: And I tooke the crowne that was vpon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arme, and haue brought them hither vnto my lord.

2 Samuel 3:30
So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 3:30 · retained source text

So Ioab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slaine their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battell.

1611 marginal noteChap. 2.23.

2 Samuel 4:7
For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 4:7 · retained source text

For when they came into the house, hee lay on his bedde in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and tooke his head, and gate them away thorow the plaine all night.

2 Samuel 4:10
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 4:10 · retained source text

When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, ( thinking to haue brought good tidings) I tooke hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would haue giuen him a reward for his tidings:

1611 marginal noteHeb. hee was in his owne eyes as a bringer, &c.

1611 marginal noteOr, which was the reward I gaue him for his tidings.

1611 marginal noteChap. 1.15.

2 Samuel 4:12
And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 4:12 · retained source text

And Dauid commanded his yong men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feete, and hanged them vp ouer the poole in Hebron: but they tooke the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner, in Hebron.

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.32.

2 Samuel 8:5
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 8:5 · retained source text

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, Dauid slew of the Syrians two and twentie thousand men.

2 Samuel 10:18
And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 10:18 · retained source text

And the Syrians fled before Israel, and Dauid slew the men of seuen hundred charets of the Syrians, and fourtie thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captaine of their hoste, who died there.

2 Samuel 14:6
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 14:6 · retained source text

And thy handmayd had two sonnes, and they two stroue together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

1611 marginal noteHebr. no deliuerer betweene them.

2 Samuel 14:7
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 14:7 · retained source text

And behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmayd, and they said, Deliuer him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew, and we will destroy the heire also: and so they shall quench my cole which is left, and shall not leaue to my husband neither name nor remainder vpon the earth.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vpon the face of the earth.

2 Samuel 18:15
And ten young men that bare Joab’s armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 18:15 · retained source text

And ten yong men that bare Ioabs armour, compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.

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