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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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Mark 6:23
And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 6:23 · retained source text

And he sware vnto her, Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I will giue it thee, vnto the halfe of my kingdome.

Luke 1:73
The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 1:73 · retained source text

The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

1611 marginal noteGene. 22.16.

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
The 1611 reading
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:)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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

Revelation 10:6
And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 10:6 · retained source text

And sware by him that liueth for euer and euer, who created heauen, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should bee time no longer.

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