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towns

Meaning of “towns”

Settled collections of houses, generally smaller or less distinguished than cities.

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45 occurrences25 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 25:16

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Genesis 25:16
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 25:16 · retained source text

These are the sonnes of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their townes and by their castels; twelue princes according to their nations.

Numbers 32:41
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 32:41 · retained source text

And Iair the sonne of Manasseh went and tooke the small townes thereof, and called them Hauoth-Iair.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 3.14.

Joshua 13:30
And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 13:30 · retained source text

And their coast was frō Mahanaim all Bashan, all the kingdome of Og king of Bashan, and all the townes of Iair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:

Joshua 15:45
Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 15:45 · retained source text

Ekron with her townes, and her villages.

Joshua 15:47
Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 15:47 · retained source text

Ashdod with her townes and her villages, Gaza with her townes and her villages, vnto the riuer of Egypt, and the great sea and the border thereof.

Joshua 17:11
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
6 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 17:11 · retained source text

And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher, Bethshean & her townes, and Ibleam and her townes, and the inhabitants of Dor and her townes, and the inhabitants of Endor and her townes, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her townes, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her townes, euen three countreyes.

Joshua 17:16
And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 17:16 · retained source text

And the children of Ioseph saide, The hill is not enough for vs: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the lande of the valley, haue charets of yron, both they who are of Bethshean and her townes, and they who are of the valley of Iezreel.

Judges 1:27
¶ Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
5 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 1:27 · retained source text

¶ Neither did Manasseh driue out the inhabitants of Bethshean, and her townes, nor Taanach and her townes, nor the inhabitants of Dor, and her townes, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam, and her townes, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo, and her townes: but the Canaanites would dwel in that land.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 17.11,12.

Judges 11:26
While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 11:26 · retained source text

While Israel dwelt in Heshbon, and her townes, and in Aroer, and her townes, and in all the cities that bee along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred yeeres? Why therefore did yee not recouer them within that time?

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