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standing

Meaning of “standing”

Sense 1: Remaining upright, fixed, established, or in place. Sense 2: As a noun, position, continuance, or rank.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
55 occurrences52 verses22 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 22:6

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Acts 5:23
Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 5:23 · retained source text

Saying, The prison truely found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doores, but when we had opened, we found no man within.

Acts 5:25
Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 5:25 · retained source text

Then came one, and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison, are standing in the Temple, and teaching the people.

Acts 7:55
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 7:55 · retained source text

But hee being full of the holy Ghost, looked vp stedfastly into heauen, and saw the glory of God, and Iesus standing on the right hand of God,

Acts 7:56
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
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1611 witness · Acts 7:56 · retained source text

And said, Behold, I see the heauens opened, and the Sonne of man standing on the right hand of God.

Acts 22:20
And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
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1611 witness · Acts 22:20 · retained source text

And when y e blood of thy martyr Steuen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting vnto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

1611 marginal noteChap. 7.58.

Acts 24:21
Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 24:21 · retained source text

Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

1611 marginal noteChap. 23.6.

Hebrews 9:8
The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
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1611 witness · Hebrews 9:8 · retained source text

The holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the Holiest of all, was not yet made manifest, while as the first Tabernacle was yet standing:

2 Peter 3:5
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
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1611 witness · 2 Peter 3:5 · retained source text

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heauens were of olde, and the earth standing out of the water, and in the water,

1611 marginal noteGr. consisting.

Revelation 7:1
AND after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
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1611 witness · Revelation 7:1 · retained source text

¶ And after these things, I saw foure Angels standing on the foure corners of the Earth, holding the foure windes of the earth, that the winde should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

Revelation 11:4
These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
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1611 witness · Revelation 11:4 · retained source text

These are the two oliue trees, and the two candlestickes, standing before the God of the earth.

1611 marginal noteZach. 4.3. & 11.14.

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Historical definitions

Possession of an office, character or place. Station; place to stand in. Continuance; duration or existence.

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