KJV dictionary & concordance
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of swear, meaning to make a solemn oath or binding affirmation.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Leviticus 5:1
Complete exact-word concordance
AND if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
¶ And if a soule sinne, and heare the voyce of swearing, and is a witnesse, whether he hath seene or knowen of it, if he doe not vtter it, then he shall beare his iniquity.
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
For the land is full of adulterers, for because of swearing the land mourneth: the pleasant places of the wildernes are dried vp, and their course is euil, and their force is not right.
1611 marginal noteOr, cursing.
1611 marginal noteOr, violence.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adulterie, they breake out, and blood toucheth blood.
1611 marginal noteHebr. bloods.
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
They haue spoken words, swearing falsely in making a couenant: thus iudgement springeth vp as hemlocke in the furrowes of the field.
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