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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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Genesis 6:19
And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 6:19 · retained source text

And of euery liuing thing of all flesh, two of euery sort shalt thou bring into the Arke, to keepe them aliue with thee: they shall be male and female.

Genesis 6:20
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 6:20 · retained source text

Of fowles after their kinde, and of cattel after their kinde: of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, to keepe them aliue.

Genesis 7:14
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 7:14 · retained source text

They, and euery beast after his kinde, & all the cattell after their kinde: and euery creeping thing that creepeth vpon the earth after his kinde, and euery foule after his kinde, euery birde of euery sort.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wing.

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Historical definitions

Condition of life, degree, kind, or manner.

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