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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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35 occurrences35 verses19 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Leviticus 7:24

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2 Corinthians 1:17
When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 1:17 · retained source text

When I therefore was thus minded, did I vse lightnesse? or the things that I purpose, doe I purpose according to the flesh, that with mee there should be yea yea, and nay nay?

2 Corinthians 3:12
Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 3:12 · retained source text

Seeing then that wee haue such hope, we vse great plainnesse of speech.

1611 marginal noteOr, boldnes.

2 Corinthians 13:10
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
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1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 13:10 · retained source text

Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should vse sharpnesse, according to the power which the Lord hath giuen me to edification, and not to destruction.

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