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visitation

Meaning of “visitation”

Sense 1: The act or appointed time of visiting or dealing. Sense 2: Affliction, calamity, or judgment. Sense 3: Favour, mercy, or divine goodness.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
15 occurrences15 verses8 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 16:29

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Numbers 16:29
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 16:29 · retained source text

If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, then the LORD hath not sent me:

1611 marginal noteHebr. as euery man dieth.

Isaiah 10:3
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
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1611 witness · Isaiah 10:3 · retained source text

And what wil ye doe in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from farre? To whom wil ye flee for helpe? And where will yee leaue your glory?

Jeremiah 8:12
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 8:12 · retained source text

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fal, in the time of their visitation they shall be cast downe, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteChap. 3.3. and 6.15.

Jeremiah 10:15
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 10:15 · retained source text

They are vanity, and the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Jeremiah 11:23
And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 11:23 · retained source text

And there shall be no remnant of them, for I will bring euill vpon the men of Anathoth, euen the yere of their visitation.

Jeremiah 23:12
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 23:12 · retained source text

Wherefore their way shalbe vnto them as slippery wayes in the darkenes: they shalbe driuen on and fall therein: for I will bring euill vpon them, euen the yeere of their visitation, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 46:21
Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 46:21 · retained source text

Also her hired men are in the midst of her, like fatted bullocks, for they also are turned backe, and are fled away together; they did not stand, because the day of their calamitie was come vpon them, and the time of their visitation.

1611 marginal noteHebr. bullocks of the stall.

Jeremiah 48:44
He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 48:44 · retained source text

Hee that fleeth from the feare shall fall into the pit, and he that getteth vp out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring vpon it, euen vpon Moab, the yeere of their visitation, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 50:27
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:27 · retained source text

Slay all her bullocks: let them goe downe to the slaughter: woe vnto them, for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

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The act of visiting. ... In Scripture ... afflictions, calamities and judgments are called visitations. ... Communication of divine love; exhibition of divine goodness and mercy.

volume 2, leaf 891, column 3 (noun entry, senses 1, 4-5)