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years

Meaning of “years”

Periods of twelve months.

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:14

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Nehemiah 5:14
¶ Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 5:14 · retained source text

¶ Moreouer, from the time that I was appointed to be their gouernor in the land of Iudah, from the twentieth yeere euen vnto the two and thirtieth yere of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelue yeres, I and my brethren, haue not eaten the bread of the gouernour:

Nehemiah 9:21
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:21 · retained source text

Yea fourtie yeeres diddest thou sustaine them in the wildernesse, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes wared not old, and their feet swelled not.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 8.4.

Nehemiah 9:30
Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:30 · retained source text

Yet many yeres diddest thou forbeare them, and testifiedst against them by the Spirit in thy Prophets: yet would they not giue eare: therefore gauest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

1611 marginal noteHeb. protract ouer them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in the hand of thy Prophets.

1611 marginal note2.King. 17.13. 2.Chr. 36.15.

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