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taken

Meaning of “taken”

1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

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338 occurrences324 verses46 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:22

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Showing verses 81–90 of 324 · 338 word occurrences in this result

1 Samuel 14:41
Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 14:41 · retained source text

Therefore Saul saide vnto the LORD God of Israel, Giue a perfect lot. And Saul and Ionathan were taken: but the people escaped.

1611 marginal noteOr, shew the innocent

1611 marginal noteHeb. went forth.

1 Samuel 14:42
And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 14:42 · retained source text

And Saul said, Cast lots betweene me and Ionathan my sonne. And Ionathan was taken.

1 Samuel 21:6
So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 21:6 · retained source text

So the Priest gaue him hallowed bread; for there was no bread there, but the Shewbread that was taken from before the LORD, to put hote bread in the day when it was taken away.

1 Samuel 30:2
And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 30:2 · retained source text

And had taken the women captiues, that were therein; they slewe not any either great or smal, but caried them away, and went on their way.

1 Samuel 30:3
¶ So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 30:3 · retained source text

¶ So Dauid and his men came to the citie, and beholde, it was burnt with fire, and their wiues, and their sonnes, and their daughters were taken captiues.

1 Samuel 30:5
And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 30:5 · retained source text

And Dauids two wiues were taken captiues, Ahinoam the Iezreelitesse, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

1 Samuel 30:16
¶ And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 30:16 · retained source text

¶ And when he had brought him downe, behold, they were spread abroad vpon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dauncing, because of all the great spoile that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Iudah.

1 Samuel 30:19
And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 30:19 · retained source text

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sonnes nor daughters, neither spoile, nor any thing that they had taken to them: Dauid recouered all.

2 Samuel 12:9
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 12:9 · retained source text

Wherefore hast thou despised the commandement of the LORD, to doe euill in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slaine him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

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