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take

Meaning of “take”

To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
874 occurrences830 verses56 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 3:22

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Showing verses 11–20 of 24 · 24 word occurrences in this result

Job 24:3
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They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
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They driue away the asse of the fatherlesse, they take the widowes oxe for a pledge.

Job 24:9
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They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take a pledge of the poore.

Job 24:10
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They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
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They cause him to go naked without clothing: and they take away the sheafe from the hungry,

Job 27:20
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Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
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1611 witness · Job 27:20 · retained source text

Terrours take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

1611 marginal noteChap. 18.11.

Job 30:17
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My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
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My bones are pierced in mee in the night season: and my sinewes take no rest.

Job 31:36
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Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
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1611 witness · Job 31:36 · retained source text

Surely I would take it vpon my shoulder, and bind it as a crowne to me.

Job 32:22
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For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
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1611 witness · Job 32:22 · retained source text

For I know not to giue flattering titles: in so doing my maker would soone take me away.

Job 36:17
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But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
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1611 witness · Job 36:17 · retained source text

But thou hast fulfilled the iudgement of the wicked: iudgement and iustice take hold on thee.

1611 marginal noteOr, iudgement and iustice should uphold thee.

Job 36:18
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Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
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1611 witness · Job 36:18 · retained source text

Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransome cannot deliuer thee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. turn thee aside.

Job 36:21
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take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
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Take heed, regard not iniquitie: for this hast thou chosen rather then affliction.

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Genesis53 occurrences
50 versesExodus61 occurrences
60 versesLeviticus59 occurrences
56 versesNumbers53 occurrences
50 versesDeuteronomy43 occurrences
43 versesJoshua20 occurrences
19 versesJudges12 occurrences
12 versesRuth2 occurrences
2 verses1 Samuel29 occurrences
27 verses2 Samuel15 occurrences
14 verses1 Kings24 occurrences
23 verses2 Kings29 occurrences
29 verses1 Chronicles5 occurrences
5 verses2 Chronicles7 occurrences
7 versesEzra4 occurrences
4 versesNehemiah5 occurrences
5 versesEsther4 occurrences
4 versesJob24 occurrences
24 versesPsalms28 occurrences
28 versesProverbs15 occurrences
13 versesEcclesiastes4 occurrences
4 versesSong of Solomon2 occurrences
2 versesIsaiah48 occurrences
43 versesJeremiah52 occurrences
49 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel61 occurrences
50 versesDaniel6 occurrences
6 versesHosea10 occurrences
9 versesAmos9 occurrences
9 versesJonah2 occurrences
2 versesMicah5 occurrences
4 versesNahum3 occurrences
2 versesHabakkuk3 occurrences
3 versesZephaniah1 occurrence
1 verseHaggai2 occurrences
2 versesZechariah9 occurrences
8 versesMalachi3 occurrences
3 versesMatthew35 occurrences
33 versesMark26 occurrences
26 versesLuke27 occurrences
27 versesJohn20 occurrences
20 versesActs16 occurrences
16 versesRomans3 occurrences
3 verses1 Corinthians7 occurrences
7 verses2 Corinthians3 occurrences
3 versesGalatians1 occurrence
1 verseEphesians2 occurrences
2 versesColossians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Timothy2 occurrences
2 verses2 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews4 occurrences
4 versesJames1 occurrence
1 verse1 Peter2 occurrences
1 verse2 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse1 John1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation8 occurrences
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