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REFERENCE WORDS OR PHRASES THAT HAVE CHANGED THEIR MEANING
King James Version The words below may be misunderstood in the context shown.
King James Version abased - humbled [Matthew 23:12] And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
King James Version abide - wait [Acts 20:23] Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
King James Version abroad - outside [Deuteronomy 24:11] Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
King James Version abroad - in the street [Jeremiah 6:11] Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
King James Version advanced - appointed [I Samuel 12:6] And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
King James Version advertise - advise [Numbers 24:14] And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
King James Version affections - passions [Galatians 5:24] And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
King James Version against he come - to meet him [Exodus 7:15] Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come ; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
King James Version agone - ago [I Samuel 30:13] And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
King James Version allow - approve [Luke 11:48] Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
King James Version allow - accept [Acts 24:15] And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
King James Version allow - know [Romans 7:15] For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
King James Version almost - soon [Psalms 94:17] Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
King James Version amazement - terror [I Peter 3:6] Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
King James Version anon - immediately [Matthew 13:20] But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
King James Version approve - prove [II Corinthians 6:4] But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
King James Version armholes - elbows [Ezekiel 13:18] And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
King James Version artillery - weapons [I Samuel 20:40] And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
King James Version asp - adder [Isaiah 11:8] And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp , and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
King James Version assayed - attempted [Acts 9:26] And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.
King James Version attendance - attention [I Timothy 4:13] Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
King James Version avouched - said, spoken [Deuteronomy 26:17] Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
King James Version bands - pains [Psalms 73:4] For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
King James Version base - lowly [I Corinthians 1:28] And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
King James Version because - that [Matthew 20:31] And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
King James Version behind - lacking [Colossians 1:24] Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
King James Version belied - denied [Jeremiah 5:12] They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
King James Version belly - body [Psalms 31:9] Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
King James Version bethink themselves - lay it to heart [I Kings 8:47] Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
King James Version betimes - early [Genesis 26:31] And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
King James Version bewrayeth - reveals [Proverbs 29:24] Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
King James Version bishoprick - office [Acts 1:20] For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
King James Version blasting - blight [Deuteronomy 28:22] The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
King James Version bloody - blood-thirsty [Psalms 5:6] Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
King James Version botch - boil [Deuteronomy 28:27] The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
King James Version bound - landmark [Hosea 5:10] The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
King James Version bowels - heart [Genesis 43:30] And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
King James Version branch - song [Isaiah 25:5] Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.
King James Version breaking up - breaking in [Exodus 22:2] If a thief be found breaking up , and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
King James Version breeding - possession [Zephaniah 2:9] Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
King James Version brigandines - coats of mail [Jeremiah 46:4] Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
King James Version brought up for - bare for [II Samuel 21:8] But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
King James Version brut - report [Jeremiah 10:22] Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
King James Version bunches - humps [Isaiah 30:6] The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
King James Version careful - anxious [Luke 10:41] And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
King James Version carriage - baggage [Judges 18:21] So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
King James Version certified - told [Esther 2:22] And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
King James Version chapters - capitals [Exodus 36:38] And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
King James Version chapmen - traders [II Chronicles 9:14] Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
King James Version chapped - parched [Jeremiah 14:4] Because the ground is chapt , for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
King James Version charged - burdened [I Timothy 5:16] If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged ; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
King James Version check - chastisement [Job 20:3] I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.
King James Version clouted - patched [Joshua 9:5] And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
King James Version cockatrice - adder [Isaiah 11:8] And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
King James Version collops, maketh - gathers, having to do with obesity [Job 15:27] Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
King James Version comely - seemly [I Corinthians 7:35] And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely , and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
King James Version comeliness - majesty [Ezekiel 16:14] And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness , which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD.
King James Version compasseth - search out [Psalms 139:3] Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
King James Version concupiscence - lust [Colossians 3:5] Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
King James Version consumption - destruction [Isaiah 28:22] Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption , even determined upon the whole earth.
King James Version contrary - different [Ezekiel 16:34] And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary .
King James Version convenient - needful [Proverbs 30:8] Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
King James Version conversation - life [Psalms 37:14] The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation .
King James Version countervail - compensate for [Esther 7:4] For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
King James Version cracknels - cakes [I Kings 14:3] And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels , and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
King James Version crouch - prostrate himself [I Samuel 2:36] And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
King James Version cuckow - sea gull [Deuteronomy 14:15] And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow , and the hawk after his kind,
King James Version darling - life [Psalms 22:20] Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.
King James Version deal - part [Exodus 29:40] And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.
King James Version delicates - delicacies [Jeremiah 51:34] Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates , he hath cast me out.
King James Version disappoint - confront [Psalms 17:13] Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
King James Version dote - be fools [Jeremiah 50:36] A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote : a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
King James Version earing - plowing [Genesis 45:6] For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
King James Version Easter - Passover [Acts 12:4] And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
King James Version emerods - tumors [Deuteronomy 28:27] The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods , and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
King James Version ensue - pursue [I Peter 3:11] Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
King James Version fillet - line [Jeremiah 52:21] And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.
King James Version fitches - rie [Ezekiel 4:9] Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches , and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
King James Version flowers - impurity [Leviticus 15:33] And of her that is sick of her flowers , and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
King James Version forward - earnest, ready, eager [II Corinthians 8:17] For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward , of his own accord he went unto you.
King James Version fray - frighten, terrify [Deuteronomy 28:26] And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
King James Version fretted - raged against [Ezekiel 16:43] Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations.
King James Version froward - wayward, perverse, crooked [Proverbs 4:24] Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
King James Version habergeon - coat of mail [Exodus 28:32] And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon , that it be not rent.
King James Version hardly bestead - sore distressed [Isaiah 8:21] And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
King James Version helve - handle [Deuteronomy 19:5] As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve , and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
King James Version leasing - falsehood & lies [Isaiah 5:6] Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing : the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
King James Version lunatick - epileptic [Matthew 4:24] And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick , and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
King James Version mean - obscure [Proverbs 22:29] Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
King James Version measure - volume (in this instance) [Leviticus 19:35] Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure .
King James Version meteyard - length, measure of [Leviticus 19:35] Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard , in weight, or in measure.
King James Version motions - passions [Romans 7:5] For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
King James Version munition - stronghold [Isaiah 29:7] And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition , and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
King James Version neither - lower [Deuteronomy 24:6] No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
King James Version ouches- settings [Exodus 28:11] With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
King James Version pate - crown [Psalms 7:16] His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate .
King James Version pilled - peeled [Genesis 30:37] And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
King James Version plat - portion [II Kings 9:26] Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat , saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
King James Version polled - cut his hair [II Samuel 14:26] And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
King James Version pommels - bowls [II Chronicles 4:12] To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels , and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
King James Version pots - sheepfolds [Psalms 68:13] Though ye have lien among the pots , yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
King James Version prating - babbling, a person who babbles or utters meaninglessly - see also II John 10 immediately below. [Proverbs 10:8] The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
King James Version prating - idle talking, see Proverbs 10:8 immediately above. [II John 10] Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
King James Version prevented - preceded, come before [Job 41:11] Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
King James Version purtenance - entrails [Exodus 12:9] Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
King James Version quit - guiltless [Exodus 21:19] If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit : only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
King James Version quit - act like a man [I Corinthians 16:13] Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
King James Version sardine - sardius [Revelation 4:3] And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
King James Version satyrs - wild goats [Isaiah 13:21] But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
King James Version settle (noun) - ledge [Ezekiel 43:17] And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
King James Version shamefacedness - propriety [I Timothy 2:9] In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
King James Version sheepcotes - having to do with sheep, possibly a herd of sheep or an enclosure for sheep [I Samuel 24:3] And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
King James Version shittah - acacia [Isaiah 41:19] I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
King James Version shittim - acacia [Exodus 25:5] And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,
King James Version smell (verb) - take no delight in [Amos 5:21] I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
King James Version sod - boiled [Genesis 25:29] And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
King James Version speckled - sorrel [Genesis 30:32] I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
King James Version spotted - variegated, with various colors [Genesis 30:32] I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
King James Version stem - stock, lineage [Isaiah 11:1] And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
King James Version stonesquarers - inhabitants of Gibal [I Kings 5:18] And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers : so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
King James Version strokes - blows [Proverbs 18:6] A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
King James Version tabret - tambourine [Genesis 31:27] Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret , and with harp?
King James Version taches - clasps [Exodus 26:6] And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle.
King James Version teil tree - an oak or other strong tree [Isaiah 6:13] But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
King James Version Tirshatha - governor [Ezra 2:63] And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
King James Version tow - stand of flax [Judges 16:9] Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
King James Version trow - think [Luke 17:9] Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
King James Version untoward - crooked [Acts 2:40] And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
King James Version wist - knew [Exodus 16:15] And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
King James Version with - rope [Judges 16:7] And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
King James Version wotteth - knoweth/knows/understands [Genesis 39:8] But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;