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taketh

Meaning of “taketh”

Third-person singular present form of take: receives, seizes, carries, accepts, chooses, or lays hold of.

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74 occurrences74 verses20 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 20:7

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Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 1:19 · retained source text

So are the waies of euery one that is greedie of gaine: which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 16:32
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 16:32 · retained source text

He that is slow to anger, is better then the mighty: and he that ruleth his spirit, then he that taketh a citie.

Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 17:23 · retained source text

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome, to peruert the wayes of iudgement.

Proverbs 25:20
As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 25:20 · retained source text

As hee that taketh away a garment in cold weather; and as vineger vpon nitre; so is he that singeth songs to an heauy heart.

Proverbs 26:17
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 26:17 · retained source text

He that passeth by, and medleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the eares.

1611 marginal noteOr, is enraged.

Proverbs 30:28
The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 30:28 · retained source text

The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings palaces.

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