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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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Luke 4:5
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
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1611 witness · Luke 4:5 · retained source text

And the deuil taking him vp into an high mountaine, shewed vnto him all the kingdomes of the world in a moment of time.

Luke 12:25
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
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1611 witness · Luke 12:25 · retained source text

And which of you with taking thought can adde to his stature one cubite?

Luke 19:22
And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
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1611 witness · Luke 19:22 · retained source text

And hee saith vnto him, Out of thine owne mouth will I iudge thee, thou wicked seruant: Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking vp that I layde not downe, and reaping that I did not sow.

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