KJV dictionary & concordance
The place, position, office, or role occupied by one person or thing in substitution for another.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 22:13
Complete exact-word concordance
AND it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
¶ And it came to passe, after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his sonne reigned in his stead.
1611 marginal note1.Chron. 19.1.
The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
The LORD hath returned vpon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast raigned, and the LORD hath deliuered the kingdome into the hand of Absalom thy sonne: and behold, thou art taken to thy mischiefe, because thou art a bloody man.
1611 marginal noteHebr. behold thee in thy euill.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Place; 'in the stead of' means in the place of.
