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taking

Meaning of “taking”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of take, meaning to receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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20 occurrences20 verses16 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Chronicles 19:7

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1 Peter 5:2
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Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Peter 5:2 · retained source text

Feede the flocke of God which is among you, taking the ouersight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly: not for filthy lucre, but of a ready minde:

1611 marginal noteOr, as much as in you is.

Complete reference index — all 20 verses
2 Chronicles 19:7Job 5:3Psalms 119:9Jeremiah 50:46Ezekiel 25:12Hosea 11:3Matthew 6:27Mark 13:34Luke 4:5Luke 12:25Luke 19:22John 11:13Romans 7:8Romans 7:112 Corinthians 2:132 Corinthians 11:8Ephesians 6:162 Thessalonians 1:81 Peter 5:23 John 1:7

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2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseJob1 occurrence
1 versePsalms1 occurrence
1 verseJeremiah1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel1 occurrence
1 verseHosea1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew1 occurrence
1 verseMark1 occurrence
1 verseLuke3 occurrences
3 versesJohn1 occurrence
1 verseRomans2 occurrences
2 verses2 Corinthians2 occurrences
2 versesEphesians1 occurrence
1 verse2 Thessalonians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse3 John1 occurrence
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