KJV dictionary & concordance
Exemption from misfortune, sickness, calamity or evil; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; prosperity; happiness; applied to persons.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 43:27
Complete exact-word concordance
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet aliue?
1611 marginal noteHeb. peace.
1611 marginal noteHebr. Is there peace to your father?
¶ And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
¶ And Moses went out to meete his father in law, and did obeysance, and kissed him: and they asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.
1611 marginal noteHeb. peace.
He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
Hee sent Hadoram his sonne to king Dauid, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because hee had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him (for Hadarezer had warre with Tou) and with him all manner of vessels of golde and siluer, and brasse.
1611 marginal noteOr, Ioram, 2.Sam. 8.10.
1611 marginal noteOr, to salute.
1611 marginal noteHeb. to blesse.
1611 marginal noteHeb. was the man of warres.
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the seruant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieued them exceedingly, that there was come a man, to seeke the welfare of the children of Israel.
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Terrours are turned vpon mee: they pursue my soule as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloude.
1611 marginal noteHeb. my principall one
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should haue bene for their welfare, let it become a trap.
1611 marginal noteRom.11.9
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Therefore the princes sayd vnto the king, We beseech thee let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of warre that remaine in this citie, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words vnto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
1611 marginal noteHeb. peace.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Exemption from misfortune, sickness, calamity or evil; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; prosperity; happiness; applied to persons.
