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spend

Meaning of “spend”

Sense 1: To use, expend, consume, or give out. Sense 2: To pass time or life in a stated manner.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
7 occurrences7 verses6 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 32:23

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “spend”

KJV PCE
Job 21:13
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 21:13 · retained source text

They spend their daies in wealth, and in a moment goe downe to the graue.

1611 marginal noteOr, in mirth.

Job 36:11
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 36:11 · retained source text

If they obey and serue him, they shall spend their dayes in prosperitie, and their yeeres in pleasures.

1611 marginal noteIob 21.13.

Psalms 90:9
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 90:9 · retained source text

For all our dayes are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our yeeres as a tale that is told.

1611 marginal noteHebr. turned away.

1611 marginal noteOr, as a meditation.

Isaiah 55:2
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 55:2 · retained source text

Wherefore doe yee spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently vnto me, and eate ye that which is good, and let your soule delight it selfe in fatnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. weigh

Acts 20:16
For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 20:16 · retained source text

For Paul had determined to saile by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Hierusalem the day of Pentecost.

2 Corinthians 12:15
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 12:15 · retained source text

And I wil very gladly spend and bee spent for you, though the more abundantly I loue you, the lesse I bee loued.

1611 marginal noteGr. your soules.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To consume, waste, or expend; to lay out or part with; to pass, as time.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 639