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soever

Meaning of “soever”

An emphasizing element meaning ever, at all, or without exception within the stated class, forming expressions such as whatsoever, whosoever, wheresoever, and howsoever.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
16 occurrences15 verses8 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 15:9

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1 Kings 8:38
What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:38 · retained source text

What prayer and supplication soeuer be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know euery man the plague of his owne heart, and spread forth his handes towards this house:

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Historical definitions

adverbial suffix or particle. Ever; at all; joined to relative words to extend or generalize their meaning.

volume 2, leaf 621, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 19)