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wherein

Meaning of “wherein”

In what or which place, thing, time, state, action, respect, or matter.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:30

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Jeremiah 5:17
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 5:17 · retained source text

And they shall eate vp thine haruest and thy bread, which thy sonnes and thy daughters should eate: they shall eate vp thy flockes and thine heards: they shall eate vp thy vines and thy figtrees: they shall impouerish thy fenced cities wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

1611 marginal noteLeu.26.16. deut. 28.31.33.

Jeremiah 7:14
Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 7:14 · retained source text

Therefore will I doe vnto this house, which is called by my Name, wherein yee trust, and vnto the place which I gaue to you, and to your fathers, as I haue done to Shiloh.

1611 marginal note1.Sam.4.11. psal.78.60. and 132.6. chap.26.6.

Jeremiah 12:5
¶ If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 12:5 · retained source text

¶ If thou hast runne with the footmen, and they haue wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou doe in the swelling of Iordan?

Jeremiah 16:19
O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 16:19 · retained source text

O LORD, my strength and my fortresse, and my refuge in the day of affliction; the Gentiles shall come vnto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say; Surely our fathers haue inherited lyes, vanitie, and things wherein there is no profit.

Jeremiah 20:14
¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 20:14 · retained source text

¶ Cursed be the day wherein I was borne: let not the day wherein my mother bare mee, be blessed.

Jeremiah 22:28
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 22:28 · retained source text

Is this man Coniah a despised broken idole? is hee a vessell wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:9 · retained source text

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I leade them: I will cause them to walke by the riuers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first borne.

1611 marginal noteOr, fauours.

1611 marginal noteExod.4.22.

Jeremiah 36:14
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 36:14 · retained source text

Therefore all the princes sent Iehudi the sonne of Nethaniah, the sonne of Shelemiah, the sonne of Cushi, vnto Baruch, saying; Take in thine hand the roule wherein thou hast read in the eares of the people, and come. So Baruch the sonne of Neriah took the roule in his hand, and came vnto them.

Jeremiah 41:9
Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 41:9 · retained source text

Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men (whom he had slaine because of Gedaliah) was it, which Asa the king had made, for feare of Baasha king of Israel, and Ishmael the sonne of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slaine.

1611 marginal noteOr, neere Gedaliah, heb. by the hand or by the side of Gedaliah.

Jeremiah 42:3
That the Lord thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 42:3 · retained source text

That the LORD thy God may shew vs the way wherein we may walke, and the thing that we may doe.

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