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sort

Meaning of “sort”

A kind, class, manner, condition, or degree.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
21 occurrences21 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 6:19

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Acts 17:5
¶ But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
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1611 witness · Acts 17:5 · retained source text

¶ But the Iewes which beleeued not, mooued with enuie, tooke vnto them certaine lewd fellowes of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the citie on an vprore, and assaulted the house of Iason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

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Condition of life, degree, kind, or manner.

printed p. 277; PDF p. 297; Internet Archive leaf n296