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sweat

Meaning of “sweat”

The fluid or sensible moisture which issues out of the pores of the skin of an animal.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
3 occurrences3 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 3:19

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Every verse containing “sweat”

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Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 3:19 · retained source text

In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne vnto the ground: for out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, and vnto dust shalt thou returne.

Ezekiel 44:18
They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 44:18 · retained source text

They shall haue linnen bonets vpon their heads, and shall haue linnen breeches vpon their loynes: they shall not girde themselues with any thing that causeth sweat.

1611 marginal noteOr, in sweating places. Heb. in, or with sweat.

Luke 22:44
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 22:44 · retained source text

And being in an agonie, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling downe to the ground.

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Historical definitions

The fluid or sensible moisture which issues out of the pores of the skin of an animal.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 718