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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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1 Timothy 5:23
Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.
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1611 witness · 1 Timothy 5:23 · retained source text

Drinke no longer water, but vse a little wine for thy stomackes sake, and thine often infirmities.

2 Timothy 2:21
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.
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1611 witness · 2 Timothy 2:21 · retained source text

If a man therefore purge himselfe from these, he shal be a vessell vnto honour, sanctified, and meete for the Masters vse, and prepared vnto euery good worke.

Hebrews 5:14
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
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1611 witness · Hebrews 5:14 · retained source text

But strong meate belongeth to them that are of full age, euen those who by reason of vse haue their senses exercised to discerne both good and euil.

1611 marginal noteOr, perfect.

1611 marginal noteOr of an habite, or perfection.

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