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

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First occurrence: Genesis 40:3

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Ezekiel 19:9

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And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Ezekiel 19:9 · retained source text

And they put him in ward in chaines, and brought him to the king of Babylon, they brought him into holds, that his voyce should no more be heard vpon the mountaines of Israel.

1611 marginal noteOr, in hookes.

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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