If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S
Open Bibleמַחְתֶּרֶת
H4290 · machtereth · makh-teh'-reth · Hebrew
Strong’s definition
a burglary; figuratively, unexpected examination
KJV usage
breaking up, secret search.
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up 1search 1
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Mapped occurrences
Exodus 22:2Mapped KJV word: up
Jeremiah 2:34Mapped KJV word: search
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.