The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
The LORD is my portion, sayth my soule, therefore will I hope in him.
1611 marginal notePsal. 16.5. and 73.26. and 119.57. iere. 10.16.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To desire, choose, or determine. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, to express intention, promise, determination, expectation, or what is to occur. Sense 3: The power or act of choosing or determining; a desire, choice, intention, purpose, direction, pleasure, or power of disposal. Sense 4: In good will, favour, kindness, or benevolent purpose.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 2:18
Complete exact-word concordance
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
The LORD is my portion, sayth my soule, therefore will I hope in him.
1611 marginal notePsal. 16.5. and 73.26. and 119.57. iere. 10.16.
For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
For the LORD will not cast off for euer.
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
But though hee cause griefe, yet will hee haue compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
The anger of the LORD hath diuided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they fauoured not the elders.
1611 marginal noteOr, face.
¶ The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
¶ The punishment of thine iniquitie is accomplished, O daughter of Zion, he will no more carie thee away into captiuitie: hee will visit thine iniquitie, O daughter of Edom, hee will discouer thy sinnes.
1611 marginal noteOr, thine iniquitie.
1611 marginal noteOr, carie thee captiue for thy sinnes
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Historical English dictionary sources
To desire, wish.
Choice; determination. ... Choice; discretion; pleasure. ... Command; direction. ... Disposition; inclination; desire. ... Power; arbitrary disposal. ... Good will, favor; kindness. ... Right intention.
To determine; to decide in the mind that something shall be done or forborne. ... To command; to direct. ... To be inclined or resolved to have. ... To wish; to desire. ... It is sometimes equivalent to may be. ... Will is used as an auxiliary verb, and a sign of the future tense.