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victuals

Meaning of “victuals”

Food, provisions, or supplies for eating and bodily sustenance, especially those stored, carried, provided, or purchased for a journey, household, army, or multitude.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

17 occurrences17 verses11 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 14:11

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Luke 9:12

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And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Luke 9:12 · retained source text

And when the day beganne to weare away, then came the twelue, and said vnto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the townes and countrey round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.

1611 marginal noteMat. 14.15.

Complete reference index — all 17 verses

Genesis 14:11 Leviticus 25:37 Deuteronomy 23:19 Joshua 1:11 Joshua 9:11 Joshua 9:14 Judges 7:8 Judges 17:10 1 Samuel 22:10 1 Kings 4:7 1 Kings 11:18 Nehemiah 10:31 Nehemiah 13:15 Jeremiah 40:5 Jeremiah 44:17 Matthew 14:15 Luke 9:12

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Genesis1 occurrence
1 verse Leviticus1 occurrence
1 verse Deuteronomy1 occurrence
1 verse Joshua3 occurrences
3 verses Judges2 occurrences
2 verses 1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse 1 Kings2 occurrences
2 verses Nehemiah2 occurrences
2 verses Jeremiah2 occurrences
2 verses Matthew1 occurrence
1 verse Luke1 occurrence
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Joshua 9:11-14 1 Samuel 22:10,13 1 Kings 4:7 Luke 9:12-16 Luke 9:12 Luke 9:13 Luke 9:16 Joshua 9:11 Joshua 9:12 1 Samuel 22:10 1 Samuel 22:13 Genesis 14:11 Deuteronomy 23:19 Joshua 9:14 Judges 17:10 Nehemiah 10:31 Jeremiah 44:17

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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Food for human beings, prepared for eating; that which supports human life; provisions; meat; sustenance. […] We never apply this word to that on which beasts or birds feed, and we apply it chiefly to food for men when cooked or prepared for the table.

volume 2, leaf 886, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 155)