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stir

Meaning of “stir”

Sense 1: To rouse, excite, or put into action or motion. Sense 2: A commotion or disturbance.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
20 occurrences20 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 24:9

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Psalms 35:23
stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 35:23 · retained source text

Stirre vp thy selfe and awake to my iudgement, euen vnto my cause, my God and my LORD.

Psalms 78:38
But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
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1611 witness · Psalms 78:38 · retained source text

But hee being full of compassion, forgaue their iniquity, and destroyed them not; yea many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stirre vp all his wrath.

Psalms 80:2
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 80:2 · retained source text

Before Ephraim and Beniamin, and Manasseh, stirre vp thy strength: and come and saue vs.

1611 marginal noteHeb. come for saluation to vs.

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Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.

volume 2, leaf 673, column 3 (main_dictionary)

To incite to action; to instigate; to prompt. To excite; to raise; to put into motion. To stir up, to incite; to animate; to instigate. To excite; to put into action; to begin. To quicken; to enliven; to make more lively or vigorous.

volume 2, leaf 673, column 3 (transitive verb entry)