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vehement

Meaning of “vehement”

Very strong, intense, forceful, fervent, violent, or deeply earnest in degree or effect.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604Skeat 1893
3 occurrences3 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Song of Solomon 8:6

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Every verse containing “vehement”

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Song of Solomon 8:6
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¶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 8:6 · retained source text

¶ Set mee as a seale vpon thine heart, as a seale vpon thine arme: for loue is strong as death, iealousie is cruel as the graue: the coales thereof are coales of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hard.

Jonah 4:8
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And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jonah 4:8 · retained source text

And it came to passe when the Sunne did arise, that God prepared a vehement East wind; and the Sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that hee fainted, and wished in himselfe to die, and said, It is better for me to die, then to liue.

1611 marginal noteOr, silent.

2 Corinthians 7:11
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For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 7:11 · retained source text

For behold this selfe same thing that yee sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulnesse it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of your selues, yea, what indignation, yea what feare, yea what vehement desire, yea what zeale, yea what reuenge; In all things yee haue approued your selues to be cleare in this matter.

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