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younger

Meaning of “younger”

Not so old as another; less advanced in age.

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First occurrence: Genesis 9:24

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Ezekiel 16:46
And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:46 · retained source text

And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters, that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lesser then thou.

Ezekiel 16:61
Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:61 · retained source text

Then thou shalt remember thy wayes and be ashamed, when thou shalt receiue thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger, and I will giue them vnto thee for daughters, but not by thy couenant.

1611 marginal noteGal.4.26.

Luke 15:12
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
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1611 witness · Luke 15:12 · retained source text

And the yonger of them said to his father, Father, giue me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he diuided vnto them his liuing.

Luke 15:13
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
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1611 witness · Luke 15:13 · retained source text

And not many dayes after, the yonger sonne gathered al together, and tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his substance with riotous liuing.

Luke 22:26
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
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But ye shall not be so; but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the yonger, and he that is chiefe, as he that doeth serue.

Romans 9:12
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
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1611 witness · Romans 9:12 · retained source text

It was said vnto her, The elder shall serue the yonger.

1611 marginal noteOr, greater.

1611 marginal noteOr, lesser.

1611 marginal noteGene. 25.23.

1 Timothy 5:1
REBUKE not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
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¶ Rebuke not an Elder, but intreate him as a father, and the yonger men as brethren:

1 Timothy 5:2
The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
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The elder women as mothers, the yonger as sisters with all puritie.

1 Timothy 5:11
But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
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But the yonger widowes refuse: for when they haue begunne to waxe wanton against Christ, they will marry,

1 Timothy 5:14
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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I will therefore that the yonger women marry, beare children, guid the house, giue none occasion to the aduersary to speake reprochfully.

1611 marginal noteGr. for their railing.

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