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vagabond

Meaning of “vagabond”

A wandering, unsettled, or roaming person without a fixed home or place.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
3 occurrences3 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 4:12

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “vagabond”

KJV PCE
Genesis 4:12
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 4:12 · retained source text

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yeeld vnto thee her strength: A fugitiue and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 4:14 · retained source text

Behold, thou hast driuen me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and I shall be a fugitiue, and a vagabond in the earth: and it shall come to passe, that euery one that findeth me, shall slay me.

Acts 19:13
¶ Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 19:13 · retained source text

¶ Then certaine of the vagabond Iewes, exorcistes, tooke vpon them to call ouer them which had euill spirits, the Name of the Lord Iesus, saying, We adiure you by Iesus whom Paul preacheth.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A vagrant; one who wanders from place to place without a settled dwelling.

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