KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Deuteronomy 22:14–17
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Deuteronomy 22:14
14And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
14And giue occasions of speach against her, and bring vp an euill name vpon her, and say, I tooke this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a mayd:
Deuteronomy 22:15
15Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
15Then shal the father of the damosell, and her mother take, and bring forth the tokens of the damosels virginitie, vnto the Elders of the citie in the gate.
Deuteronomy 22:16
16And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
16And the damosels father shall say vnto the Elders, I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wife, & he hateth her:
Deuteronomy 22:17
17And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
17And loe, he hath giuen occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid: and yet these are the tokens of my daughters virginity; and they shall spread the cloth before the Elders of the citie.
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DEFINED WORDS
Deuteronomy 22:14
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Opportunities, causes, incidents, or circumstances that give rise to an action or event.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Spoken words; discourse, language, or an address.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A young unmarried woman; a female servant or attendant.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
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Deuteronomy 22:15
A female parent; figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Signs, marks, evidences, memorials, or identifying signals.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Maidenhood; the state of having had no carnal knowledge of man.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Deuteronomy 22:16
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Bestowed, delivered, granted, or caused, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Hates; regards with strong dislike, aversion, or enmity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Deuteronomy 22:17
Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Opportunities, causes, incidents, or circumstances that give rise to an action or event.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Spoken words; discourse, language, or an address.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A young unmarried woman; a female servant or attendant.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
Signs, marks, evidences, memorials, or identifying signals.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Maidenhood; the state of having had no carnal knowledge of man.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To extend, unfold, scatter, disperse, or cover a wider area.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Material made by weaving or interlacing fibres or threads, used for garments, coverings, and other purposes.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study14I 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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Open the full verse study19And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
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Open the full verse study16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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Open the full verse study1THOU shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
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Open the full verse study21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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Open the full verse study8The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
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