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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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Hebrews 3:11
So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hebrews 3:11 · retained source text

So I sware in my wrath: they shall not enter into my rest.

1611 marginal noteGr. if they shall enter.

Hebrews 3:18
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hebrews 3:18 · retained source text

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that beleeued not?

Hebrews 6:13
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Hebrews 6:13 · retained source text

For when God made promise to Abraham, because hee could sweare by no greater, he sware by himselfe,

Hebrews 7:21
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
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1611 witness · Hebrews 7:21 · retained source text

(For those Priests were made without an oath: but this with an oath, by him y t said vnto him, The Lord sware and wil not repent, thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchisedec)

1611 marginal noteOr, without swearing of an othe.

1611 marginal notePsa. 110.4

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