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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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1 Kings 8:21
And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:21 · retained source text

And I haue set there a place for the Arke, wherein is the Couenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 8:36
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:36 · retained source text

Then heare thou in heauen, and forgiue the sinne of thy seruants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walke, and giue raine vpon thy land which thou hast giuen to thy people for an inheritance.

1 Kings 8:50
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 8:50 · retained source text

And forgiue thy people that haue sinned against thee, and all their transgressions, wherein they haue transgressed against thee, and giue them compassion before them who caried them captiue, that they may haue compassion on them:

1 Kings 13:31
And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 13:31 · retained source text

And it came to passe after hee had buried him, that he spake to his sonnes, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre, wherein the man of God is buried, lay my bones beside his bones.

2 Kings 12:2
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 12:2 · retained source text

And Iehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his dayes, wherein Iehoiada the Priest instructed him.

2 Kings 14:6
But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 14:6 · retained source text

But the children of the murderers he slew not, according vnto that which is written in the booke of the Law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shal not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers: but euery man shall be put to death for his owne sinne.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 24.16. ezek. 18.20.

2 Kings 17:29
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:29 · retained source text

Howbeit, euery nation made gods of their owne, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritanes had made, euery nation in their cities wherein they dwelt:

2 Kings 18:19
And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 18:19 · retained source text

And Rabshakeh said vnto them, Speake yee now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

2 Kings 23:23
But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 23:23 · retained source text

But in the eighteenth yeere of king Iosiah, wherein this Passeouer was holden to the LORD in Ierusalem.

2 Chronicles 3:3
¶ Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 3:3 · retained source text

¶ Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubites after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twentie cubites.

1611 marginal noteHeb. founded.

1611 marginal note1.King. 6.2.

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