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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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2 Kings 15:38
And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 15:38 · retained source text

And Iotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the citie of Dauid his father, and Ahaz his sonne reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 16:20
And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 16:20 · retained source text

And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Dauid, and Hezekiah his sonne reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 19:37
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 19:37 · retained source text

And it came to passe as hee was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adramelech, and Sharezer his sonnes, smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia, and Esarhaddon his sonne reigned in his stead.

1611 marginal noteHebr. Ararat.

2 Kings 20:21
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 20:21 · retained source text

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his sonne reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 21:18
And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 21:18 · retained source text

And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his owne house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his sonne reigned in his stead.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 33.20.

2 Kings 21:24
And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 21:24 · retained source text

And the people of the land slew al them that had conspired against king Amon, and the people of the land made Iosiah his sonne king in his stead.

2 Kings 21:26
And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 21:26 · retained source text

And he was buried in his sepulchre, in the garden of Uzza, and Iosiah his sonne reigned in his stead.

1611 marginal noteMat. 1.10 called Iosias.

2 Kings 23:30
And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 23:30 · retained source text

And his seruants caried him in a charet dead from Megiddo, & brought him to Ierusalem, and buried him in his owne sepulchre: and the people of the land tooke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his fathers stead.

1611 marginal note2.Chron. 36.1.

2 Kings 24:6
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 24:6 · retained source text

So Iehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Iehoiachin his sonne reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 24:17
¶ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 24:17 · retained source text

¶ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his fathers brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

1611 marginal noteIere. 37.1 and 52.1.

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

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