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transgress

Meaning of “transgress”

To break or pass beyond a law, command, duty, or rightful boundary.

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First occurrence: Numbers 14:41

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Numbers 14:41
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 14:41 · retained source text

And Moses said, Wherefore now doe you transgresse the commaundement of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

1 Samuel 2:24
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:24 · retained source text

Nay my sonnes: for it is no good report that I heare; yee make the LORDs people to transgresse.

1611 marginal noteOr, to cry out.

2 Chronicles 24:20
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 24:20 · retained source text

And the spirit of God came vpon Zechariah the sonne of Iehoiada the priest, which stood aboue the people, and said vnto them: Thus saith God, Why transgresse yee the commandements of the LORD, that yee cannot prosper? Because yee haue forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.

1611 marginal noteHeb. clothed.

Nehemiah 1:8
Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 1:8 · retained source text

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy seruant Moses, saying, If yee transgresse, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

1611 marginal noteDeut. 4.5. &c.

Nehemiah 13:27
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 13:27 · retained source text

Shall wee then hearken vnto you, to doe all this great euill, to transgresse against our God, in marrying strange wiues?

Psalms 17:3
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
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1611 witness · Psalms 17:3 · retained source text

Thou hast prooued mine heart, thou hast visited me in the night, thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing: I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgresse.

Psalms 25:3
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
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1611 witness · Psalms 25:3 · retained source text

Yea let none that waite on thee, be ashamed: let them bee ashamed which transgresse without cause.

1611 marginal noteEsa.28.16 Rom.10.11

Proverbs 28:21
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 28:21 · retained source text

To haue respect of persons, is not good: for, for a piece of bread that man will transgresse.

1611 marginal noteChap. 18.5. & 24.23.

Jeremiah 2:20
¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 2:20 · retained source text

¶ For of old time I haue broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou saidst; I will not transgresse: when vpon euery high hill, and vnder euery greene tree thou wandrest, playing the harlot.

1611 marginal noteOr, serue.

1611 marginal noteIsai. 57.5,7.

1611 marginal noteIer.3.6.

Ezekiel 20:38
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 20:38 · retained source text

And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgresse against mee: I will bring them foorth out of the countrey where they soiourne, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel, and yee shall know that I am the LORD.

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