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stead

Meaning of “stead”

The place, position, office, or role occupied by one person or thing in substitution for another.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
94 occurrences94 verses18 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 22:13

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Genesis 22:13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 22:13 · retained source text

And Abraham lifted vp his eyes, and looked, and beholde, behinde him a Ramme caught in a thicket by his hornes: And Abraham went and tooke the Ramme, and offered him vp for a burnt offering, in the stead of his sonne.

Genesis 30:2
And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 30:2 · retained source text

And Iacobs anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in Gods stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the wombe?

Genesis 36:33
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 36:33 · retained source text

And Bela died, and Iobab the sonne of Zerah of Bozra reigned in his stead.

Genesis 36:34
And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 36:34 · retained source text

And Iobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.

Genesis 36:35
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
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1611 witness · Genesis 36:35 · retained source text

And Husham died, and Hadad the sonne of Bedad, (who smote Midian in the field of Moab,) reigned in his stead: & the name of his citie was Auith.

Genesis 36:36
And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 36:36 · retained source text

And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah, reigned in his stead.

Genesis 36:37
And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 36:37 · retained source text

And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth, by the riuer, reigned in his stead.

Genesis 36:38
And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
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1611 witness · Genesis 36:38 · retained source text

And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the sonne of Achbor reigned in his stead.

Genesis 36:39
And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 36:39 · retained source text

And Baal-hanan the sonne of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his citie was Pau, and his wiues name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

Exodus 29:30
And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 29:30 · retained source text

And that sonne that is Priest in his stead, shal put them on seuen dayes, when he commeth into the Tabernacle of the Congregation to minister in the holy place.

1611 marginal noteHebr. He of his sonnes.

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Place; 'in the stead of' means in the place of.

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