Category: Word Study
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KJV Words that Have Changed Meaning (part 1)
This list of 857 headwords and phrases derives from Luther A. Weigle’s Bible Words that have Changed in Meaning (New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1955). abhorabideabide onabroadaddictedadmirationadmireadvertiseadvise thyselfaffectaffectionsaffinityjoin in affinityafterbring againshew againtum againagainst Joseph cameagainst he comeall lost thingall manner vesselsallegeallowalongamazedamazementamiableancientsbut and ifangleanonanswered untoanyany thingany thing at allapparentlyappointappointedapprehendarmholesartilleryas it had beenas it wereask atassayassuageas…
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KJV Words that Have Changed Meaning (part 2)
This list of 824 headwords and phrases derives from Ronald Bridges and Luther A. Weigle’s The Bible Word Book: Concerning Obsolete or Archaic Words in the King James Version of the Bible (New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1960). A, ANABHORABIDEABROADACCEPTACCEPTABLEACQUAINTADDICTEDADMIRE, ADMIRATIONADVENTUREADVERTISEADVICE, ADVISEADVISEMENTAFFECTAFFECTIONAFFINITYAFOREAFOREHANDAFORETIMEAFTERAGAINSTAGONEAGREEAHAALARMALBEITALIKEALLALLEGEALLIEDALLOWALL TOALWAYAMAZE, AMAZEMENTAMBASSAGEAMERCEAMIABLEANCIENTAND, AND IFANGLE,ANONANOTHERANY,ANY THINGANSWERAPOTHECARYAPPARENTLY and EVIDENTLYAPPOINTAPPOINTMENTAPPREHENDARKARMHOLEARTILLERYASAS CONCERNINGASSAYASSWAGEASTONIED, ASTONISHED, ASTONISHMENTAS YETATAT THE…