KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: A solemn promise made to God. Sense 2: To bind oneself by such a promise.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 28:20
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
¶ When thou shalt vow a vow vnto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slacke to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sinne in thee.
1611 marginal noteEccles. 5.3.
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
But if thou shalt forbeare to vow, it shall be no sinne in thee.
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
And Iephthah vowed a vowe vnto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without faile deliuer the children of Ammon into mine hands,
And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
And it came to passe at the ende of two moneths that shee returned vnto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man: & it was a custome in Israel,
1611 marginal noteOr, ordinance.
And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hostes, if thou wilt indeed looke on the affliction of thine handmayd, and remember me, and not forget thine handmayd, but wilt giue vnto thine handmayd a man childe, then I will giue him vnto the LORD all the dayes of his life, and there shall no rasor come vpon his head.
1611 marginal noteHebr. seed of men.
1611 marginal noteNum. 6.5. iudg. 13.5.
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went vp to offer vnto the LORD the yeerely sacrifice, and his vowe.
¶ And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron.
¶ And it came to passe after fourtie yeeres, that Absalom said vnto the king, I pray thee, let mee goe and pay my vow which I haue vowed vnto the LORD in Hebron.
For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.
For thy seruant vowed a vowe while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring mee againe in deed to Ierusalem, then I will serue the LORD.
PRAISE waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
¶ Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and vnto thee shall the vowe be performed.
Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
Uowe, and pay vnto the LORD your God; let all that be round about him bring presents vnto him that ought to be feared.
1611 marginal noteHeb. to Feare.
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