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worthy

Meaning of “worthy”

Sense 1: Deserving, fit, suitable, or having worth. Sense 2: As a noun, a person of merit, rank, or valor.

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68 occurrences66 verses21 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 32:10

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Luke 15:19
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 15:19 · retained source text

And am no more worthy to be called thy sonne: make me as one of thy hired seruants.

Luke 15:21
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 15:21 · retained source text

And the sonne said vnto him, Father, I haue sinned against heauen, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy sonne.

Luke 20:35
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 20:35 · retained source text

But they which shall be accompted worthy to obtaine that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marrie, nor are giuen in marriage.

Luke 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
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1611 witness · Luke 21:36 · retained source text

Watch ye therefore, and pray alwayes, that ye may be accompted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to passe, and to stand before the sonne of man.

Luke 23:15
No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
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1611 witness · Luke 23:15 · retained source text

No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him, and loe, nothing worthy of death is done vnto him.

John 1:27
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
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1611 witness · John 1:27 · retained source text

He it is, who comming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose.

1611 marginal noteMat. 3.11. acts 19.4.

Acts 5:41
¶ And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
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1611 witness · Acts 5:41 · retained source text

¶ And they departed from the presence of the Councill, reioycing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his Name.

Acts 13:25
And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
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1611 witness · Acts 13:25 · retained source text

And as Iohn fulfilled his course, he said, Whom thinke ye that I am? I am not he. But behold, there commeth one after me, whose shooes of his feete I am not worthy to loose.

1611 marginal noteIohn 1.20.

Acts 23:29
Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
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1611 witness · Acts 23:29 · retained source text

Whom I perceiued to be accused of questions of their lawe, but to haue nothing laide to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

Acts 24:2
And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 24:2 · retained source text

And when he was called foorth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enioy great quietnesse, and that very worthy deeds are done vnto this natiō by thy prouidence:

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