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stead

Meaning of “stead”

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

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

First occurrence: Genesis 22:13

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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.
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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.

printed p. 278; PDF p. 298; Internet Archive leaf n297