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years

Meaning of “years”

Periods of twelve months.

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539 occurrences450 verses42 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:14

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Joshua 5:6
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 5:6 · retained source text

For the children of Israel walked fourtie yeeres in the wildernesse, till all the people that were men of warre which came out of Egypt were consumed, because they obeyed not the voyce of the LORD, vnto whome the LORD sware that hee would not shew them the land which the LORD sware vnto their fathers, that he would giue vs, a land that floweth with milke & honie.

1611 marginal noteNum. 14.23.

Joshua 13:1
NOW Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 13:1 · retained source text

¶ Now Ioshua was old and stricken in yeeres, and the LORD saide vnto him; Thou art old, and stricken in yeres, and there remaineth yet very much land to bee possessed.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to possesse it.

Joshua 14:7
Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 14:7 · retained source text

Fourtie yeeres olde was I when Moses the seruant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh Barnea, to espie out the land, and I brought him worde againe, as it was in mine heart.

Joshua 14:10
And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 14:10 · retained source text

And now beholde, the LORD hath kept me aliue, as he said, these forty and fiue yeres, euen since the LORD spake this word vnto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wildernesse: and now loe, I am this day fourescore and fiue yeeres old.

1611 marginal noteHebr. walked.

Joshua 24:29
¶ And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joshua 24:29 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe after these things, that Ioshua the sonne of Nun the seruant of the LORD died, being an hundred and ten yeeres old.

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