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very

Meaning of “very”

Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

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257 occurrences246 verses42 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:31

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Ezekiel 2:3
And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 2:3 · retained source text

And hee said vnto me, Sonne of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against mee: they and their fathers haue transgressed against mee, euen vnto this very day.

1611 marginal noteHeb. nations.

Ezekiel 16:47
Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:47 · retained source text

Yet hast thou not walked after their wayes, nor done after their abominations: but as if that were a very litle thing, thou wast corrupted more then they in all thy wayes.

1611 marginal noteOr, that was lothed as a small thing.

Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 27:25 · retained source text

The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market, and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the middest of the seas.

Ezekiel 33:32
And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 33:32 · retained source text

And loe, thou art vnto them as a very louely song of one that hath a pleasant voyce, and can play well on an instrument: for they heare thy wordes, but they doe them not.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a song of loues.

Ezekiel 37:2
And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 37:2 · retained source text

And caused mee to passe by them round about, and beholde, there were very many in the open valley, and loe, they were very drie.

1611 marginal noteOr, champian.

Ezekiel 40:2
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 40:2 · retained source text

In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set mee vpon a very high mountaine, by which was as the frame of a citie on the South.

1611 marginal noteOr, vpon which.

Ezekiel 47:7
Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 47:7 · retained source text

Now when I had returned, behold, at the banke of the riuer were very many trees on the one side and on the other.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lip.

1611 marginal noteReu. 22.2.

Ezekiel 47:9
And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 47:9 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe, that euery thing that liueth, which mooueth, whithersoeuer the riuers shall come, shall liue, and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed, and euery thing shall liue whither the riuer commeth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. two riuers.

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