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slippeth

Meaning of “slippeth”

Third-person singular present form of slip. Sense 1: To lose firm footing or move out of a secure place. Sense 2: Figuratively, to let something escape or pass away.

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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 19:5

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Deuteronomy 19:5

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As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Deuteronomy 19:5 · retained source text

As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor, to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut downe the tree, and the head slippeth from the helue, and lighteth vpon his neighbour that he die, he shall flee vnto one of those cities, and liue:

1611 marginal noteHeb. yron.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wood.

1611 marginal noteHeb. findeth.