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sware

Meaning of “sware”

Swore; made a solemn oath or declared with an oath.

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78 occurrences77 verses20 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 21:31

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Deuteronomy 1:8
Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:8 · retained source text

Behold, I haue set the land before you: Goe in, and possesse the land, which the LORD sware vnto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, to giue vnto them, and to their seed after them.

1611 marginal noteHebr. giuen.

1611 marginal noteGene. 15.18. and 17.7,8.

Deuteronomy 1:34
And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:34 · retained source text

And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

Deuteronomy 1:35
Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 1:35 · retained source text

Surely there shall not one of these men of this euill generation see that good land, which I sware to giue vnto your fathers:

1611 marginal noteNum. 14.29.

Deuteronomy 2:14
And the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:14 · retained source text

And the space in which we came from Kadesh Barnea, vntill we were come ouer the brooke Zered, was thirtie and eight yeeres; vntill all the generation of the men of warre were wasted out from among the hoste, as the LORD sware vnto them.

Deuteronomy 4:21
Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:21 · retained source text

Furthermore, the LORD was angry with mee for your sakes, and sware that I should not goe ouer Iordan, and that I should not goe in vnto that good land which the LORD thy God giueth thee for an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 4:31
(For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:31 · retained source text

(For the LORD thy God is a mercifull God) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the couenant of thy fathers, which he sware vnto them.

Deuteronomy 6:10
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 6:10 · retained source text

And it shall be when the LORD thy God shall haue brought thee into the land which hee sware vnto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Iacob to giue thee, great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,

Deuteronomy 6:18
And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 6:18 · retained source text

And thou shalt doe that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest goe in, and possesse the good land which the LORD sware vnto thy fathers:

Deuteronomy 6:23
And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 6:23 · retained source text

And hee brought vs out from thence, that hee might bring vs in, to giue vs the land which hee sware vnto our fathers.

Deuteronomy 7:12
¶ Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 7:12 · retained source text

¶ Wherefore it shal come to passe, if ye hearken to these iudgements, and keepe and do them: That the LORD thy God shall keepe vnto thee the Couenant and the Mercy which he sware vnto thy fathers.

1611 marginal noteHebr. because.

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