KJV dictionary & concordance

stretch

Meaning of “stretch”

To extend, reach, or spread out, literally or figuratively.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

50 occurrences50 verses18 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 3:20

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KJV PCE

And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 2 Samuel 1:14 · retained source text

And Dauid said vnto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch foorth thine hand, to destroy the LORDs Anointed?

1611 marginal notePsal. 105.15.

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Historical English dictionary sources

To draw out to greater length; to extend in a line. To extend in breadth. To spread; to expand. To reach; to extend. To spread; to display.

volume 2, leaf 682, column 3 (transitive verb entry, senses 1-5)