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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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First occurrence: Genesis 1:31

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Isaiah 47:6
¶ I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 47:6 · retained source text

¶ I was wroth with my people: I haue polluted mine inheritance, and giuen them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; vpon the ancient hast thou very heauily layed the yoke.

Isaiah 48:8
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 48:8 · retained source text

Yea thou heardest not, yea thou knewest not, yea from that time that thine eare was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deale very treacherously, and wast called a transgressour from the wombe.

Isaiah 52:13
¶ Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 52:13 · retained source text

¶ Behold, my seruant shal deale prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

1611 marginal noteOr, prosper.

Isaiah 64:9
¶ Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 64:9 · retained source text

¶ Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquitie for euer: behold, see we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

1611 marginal notePsal.79.8.

Isaiah 64:12
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 64:12 · retained source text

Wilt thou refraine thy selfe for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict vs very sore?

Jeremiah 2:12
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 2:12 · retained source text

Be astonished, O yee heauens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be yee very desolate, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 4:19
¶ My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 4:19 · retained source text

¶ My bowels, my bowels, I am pained at my very heart, my heart maketh a noise in mee, I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soule, the sound of the Trumpet, the alarme of warre.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the walles of my heart.

1611 marginal noteIsa.22.4. chap.9.1.

Jeremiah 5:11
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 5:11 · retained source text

For the house of Israel, and the house of Iudah haue dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 12:1
RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 12:1 · retained source text

¶ Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I pleade with thee: yet let mee talke with thee of thy iudgements: Wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they happie that deale very treacherously?

1611 marginal noteOr, let me reason the case with thee.

1611 marginal noteIob 21.7. psal. 37.1. and 73.3. hab. 1.3.

Jeremiah 14:17
¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:17 · retained source text

¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word vnto them, Let mine eies runne downe with teares night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grieuous blow.

1611 marginal noteLam. 1.16. and 2.18. chap. 13.17.

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