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strike

Meaning of “strike”

1. To hit, smite, or make forceful contact, including striking off or through. 2. To apply something by a striking motion. 3. To strike hands: to clasp hands in pledge or surety.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
12 occurrences12 verses8 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 12:7

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Proverbs 7:23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 7:23 · retained source text

Til a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

Proverbs 22:26
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 22:26 · retained source text

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

1611 marginal noteChap.6.1. and 11.15.

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