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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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Ezekiel 12:23
Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord God; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 12:23 · retained source text

Tell them therefore, Thus sayth the LORD God; I will make this prouerbe to cease, and they shall no more vse it as a prouerbe in Israel: but say vnto them, The dayes are at hand, and the effect of euery vision.

Ezekiel 16:44
¶ Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:44 · retained source text

¶ Behold, euery one that vseth prouerbs, shall vse this prouerbe against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.

Ezekiel 18:2
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 18:2 · retained source text

What meane ye that yee vse this prouerbe concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers haue eaten sowre grapes, and the childrens teeth are set on edge?

1611 marginal noteIee.31 29.

Ezekiel 18:3
As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 18:3 · retained source text

As I liue, saith the LORD God, yee shall not haue occasion any more to vse this prouerbe in Israel.

Ezekiel 21:21
For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 21:21 · retained source text

For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two wayes, to vse diuination: he made his arrowes bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liuer.

1611 marginal noteHeb. mother of the way.

1611 marginal noteOr, kniues.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Teraphim.

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