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transgressed

Meaning of “transgressed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of transgress, meaning to break or pass beyond a law, command, duty, or rightful boundary.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
34 occurrences34 verses17 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 26:13

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Isaiah 24:5
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 24:5 · retained source text

The earth also is defiled vnder the inhabitants thereof: because they haue transgressed the lawes, changed the ordinance, broken the euerlasting couenant.

Isaiah 43:27
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 43:27 · retained source text

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers haue transgressed against mee.

1611 marginal noteHeb. interpreters.

Isaiah 66:24
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 66:24 · retained source text

And they shall goe foorth, and looke vpon the carkeises of the men that haue transgressed against me: for their worme shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring vnto all flesh.

1611 marginal noteMarke 9.44.

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