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use

Meaning of “use”

Sense 1: Employment, purpose, or customary practice. Sense 2: As a verb, to employ or be accustomed.

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First occurrence: Leviticus 7:24

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Leviticus 7:24
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 7:24 · retained source text

And the fat of the beast that dieth of it selfe, and the fat of that which is torne with beasts, may be vsed in any other vse: but yee shall in no wise eate of it.

1611 marginal noteHeb. carcaise.

Leviticus 19:26
¶ Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 19:26 · retained source text

¶ Ye shall not eate any thing with the blood, neither shall ye vse inchantment, nor obserue times.

Numbers 10:2
Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 10:2 · retained source text

Make thee two trumpets of siluer: of an whole piece shalt thou make them, that thou mayest vse them for the calling of the assembly, and for the iourneying of the campes.

Numbers 15:39
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Numbers 15:39 · retained source text

And it shall bee vnto you for a fringe, that ye may looke vpon it, and remember all the commandements of the LORD, and doe them: and that ye seeke not after your owne heart, and your owne eyes, after which ye vse to goe a whoring:

Deuteronomy 26:14
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 26:14 · retained source text

I haue not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither haue I taken away ought thereof for any vncleane vse, nor giuen ought thereof for the dead: but I haue hearkened to the voyce of the LORD my God, and haue done according to all that thou hast commaunded me.

2 Samuel 1:18
(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 1:18 · retained source text

(Also hee bade them teach the children of Iudah the vse of the bow: behold, it is written in the booke of Iasher.)

1611 marginal noteOr, of the vpright.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 10.13.

1 Chronicles 12:2
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 12:2 · retained source text

They were armed with bowes, and could vse both the right hand and the left, in hurling stones, and shooting arrowes out of a bow, euen of Sauls brethren of Beniamin.

1 Chronicles 28:15
Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 28:15 · retained source text

Euen the weight for the Candlestickes of golde, and for their lampes of golde, by weight for euery candlesticke, and for the lampes thereof: and for the Candlestickes of siluer by weight, both for the Candlesticke and also for the lampes thereof, according to the vse of euery candlesticke.

Jeremiah 23:31
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 23:31 · retained source text

Beholde, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that vse their tongues, and say; He sayth.

1611 marginal noteOr, that smooth their tongues.

Jeremiah 31:23
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:23 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel, As yet they shall vse this speech in the land of Iudah, and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring againe their captiuitie, The LORD blesse thee, O habitation of iustice, and mountaine of holinesse.

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