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slew

Meaning of “slew”

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:8

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1 Kings 20:20
And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:20 · retained source text

And they slew euery one his man: and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse, with the horsemen.

1 Kings 20:29
And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:29 · retained source text

And they pitched one ouer against the other seuen daies, and so it was, that in the seuenth day the battell was ioyned: and the children of Israel slewe of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.

1 Kings 20:36
Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:36 · retained source text

Then said he vnto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voyce of the LORD, beholde, assoone as thou art departed from me, a lyon shal slay thee. And assoone as hee was departed from him, a lyon found him, and slew him.

2 Kings 9:31
And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 9:31 · retained source text

And as Iehu entred in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?

2 Kings 10:7
And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 10:7 · retained source text

And it came to passe when the letter came to them, that they tooke the kings sonnes, and slewe seuentie persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Iezreel.

2 Kings 10:9
And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 10:9 · retained source text

And it came to passe in the morning, that he went out, & stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: But who slew all these?

2 Kings 10:11
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 10:11 · retained source text

So Iehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab, in Iezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsefolkes, and his priests, vntill he left him none remaining.

1611 marginal noteOr, acquaintance.

2 Kings 10:14
And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 10:14 · retained source text

And hee said, Take them aliue. And they tooke them aliue, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, euen two and fourty men; neither left he any of them.

2 Kings 10:17
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 10:17 · retained source text

And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained vnto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Eliiah.

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