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snatch

Meaning of “snatch”

To seize, take, or catch suddenly or hastily.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604Webster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Isaiah 9:20

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The KJV occurrence

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Isaiah 9:20
And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 9:20 · retained source text

And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry, and he shall eate on the left hand, and they shall not bee satisfied: they shall eate euery man the flesh of his owne arme.

1611 marginal noteHeb. cut.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To catch at; to attempt to seize suddenly.

volume 2, leaf 617, column 2 (main_dictionary)