KJV dictionary & concordance

ward

Meaning of “ward”

1. Guard, watch, duty, an assigned division, or the place or body keeping watch. 2. Joined to a direction or object, toward or in relation to it. 3. Custody or confinement.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893

32 occurrences28 verses17 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 40:3

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1 Samuel 19:4

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¶ And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 1 Samuel 19:4 · retained source text

¶ And Ionathan spake good of Dauid vnto Saul his father, and said vnto him, Let not the King sinne against his seruant, against Dauid: because hee hath not sinned against thee, and because his workes haue bene to thee ward very good.

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1 · KJV context and cross-references

Genesis 40:3 1 Chronicles 25:8 Nehemiah 12:45 Acts 12:10 2 Corinthians 1:12 Isaiah 21:8 Ezekiel 48:28 Genesis 42:17 1 Samuel 19:4 1 Chronicles 26:16 Ezekiel 19:9 2 Corinthians 13:3 2 Peter 3:9

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Skeat 1893

Open source edition ↗

guard, prison.

printed p. 280; PDF p. 300; Internet Archive leaf n299

Skeat 1893

Open source edition ↗

in the phrases to us-ward.

printed p. 280; PDF p. 300; Internet Archive leaf n299