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wait

Meaning of “wait”

Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
106 occurrences101 verses28 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Exodus 21:13

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Job 14:14
If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 14:14 · retained source text

If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of my appointed time will I waite, till my change come.

Job 17:13
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 17:13 · retained source text

If I waite, the graue is mine house: I haue made my bedde in the darknesse.

Job 31:9
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 31:9 · retained source text

If mine heart haue bene deceiued by a woman, or if I haue layde wait at my neighbours doore:

Job 38:40
When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 38:40 · retained source text

When they couch in their dennes, and abide in the couert to lie in waite?

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