Exodus 18:18
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
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Wear
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Luke 9:12
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
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2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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לָבַשׁ
lâbash · law-bash'
4 times translated as this KJV form111 total Strong's occurrences
properly, wrap around, i.e. (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: (in) apparel, arm, array (self), clothe (self), come upon, put (on, upon), wear.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 22:11Strong's last: Zechariah 13:4
Open full H3847 profile →נָשָׂא
nâsâʼ · naw-saw'
2 times translated as this KJV form647 total Strong's occurrences
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
Strong's KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ( man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, × needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, swear, take (away, up), × utterly, wear, yield.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 2:28Strong's last: 1 Samuel 22:18
Open full H5375 profile →φορέω
phoréō · for-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to have a burden, i.e. (by analogy) to wear as clothing or a constant accompaniment
Strong's KJV usage: :--bear, wear.
Strong's first: Matthew 11:8Strong's last: Matthew 11:8
Open full G5409 profile →שָׁחַק
shâchaq · shaw-khak'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to comminate (by trituration or attrition)
Strong's KJV usage: beat, wear.
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Strong's first: Job 14:19Strong's last: Job 14:19
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G5409
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
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wear
WEAR, verb transitive preterit tense wore; participle passive worn.
1. To waste or impair by rubbing or attrition; to lessen or diminish by time, use or instruments. A current of water often wears a channel in limestone.
2. To carry appendant to the body, as clothes or weapons; as, to wear a coat or a robe; to wear a sword; to wear a crown.
On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore.
3. To have or exhibit an appearance; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.
4. To affect by degrees.
Trials wear us into a liking of what possible, in the first essay, displeased us.
To wear away, to consume; to impair, diminish or destroy by gradual attrition or decay.
To wear off, to diminish by attrition or slow decay.
To wear out,
1. To consume; to render useless by attrition or decay; as, to wear out a coat or a book.
2. To consume tediously; as, to wear out life in idle projects.
3. To harass; to tire.
He shall wear out the saints of the Most High. Daniel 7:25.
4. To waste the strength of; as an old amn worn out in the service of his country.
WEAR, verb intransitive
1. To be wasted; to be diminished by attrition, by use, or by time.
Thou wilt surely wear away. Exodus 18:18.
2. To be tediously spent.
Thus wore out night.
3. To be consumed by slow degrees. It is better to wear out, than to rust out.
To wear off, to pass away by degrees. The follies of youth wear off with age.
WEAR, noun
1. The act of wearing; diminution by friction; as the wear and tear of a garment.
2. The thing worn.
WEAR, noun [See Warren and Guard.]
1. A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for conducting it to a mill, or for taking fish.
2. An instrument or kind of basket work for catching fish.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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