KJV dictionary & concordance

stare

Meaning of “stare”

To look, gaze, or fix the eyes openly and intently upon someone or something.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Psalms 22:17

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Psalms 22:17 · retained source text

I may tell all my bones: they looke and stare vpon me.

Source order

1 · KJV context and cross-references

Historical English dictionary sources

To gaze; to look with fixed eyes wide open; to fasten an earnest look on some object.

volume 2, leaf 661, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 9)