quick meaning in the KJV

Meaning in context

In the contrast between the quick and the dead, quick means the living. Acts 10:42 and 2 Timothy 4:1 use that contrast in statements about judgment.

Hebrews 4:12 describes the word of God as quick: the sense is living. In the skin examinations in Leviticus, quick raw flesh refers to living flesh. These settings should not be confused with speed.

Quicken and quickened are related English forms used in passages about giving life, but they are separate spellings. This page counts quick only. Follow the passage links to read the complete setting of each example.

KJV examples

Acts 10:42 KJV

And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

The quick are the living, contrasted with the dead.

Hebrews 4:12 KJV

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Quick describes the word of God as living.

Leviticus 13:10 KJV

And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;

Quick raw flesh refers to living flesh in the examination described.

First exact-word occurrence

Leviticus 13:10 KJV

And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising;

This is the earliest occurrence of this exact English spelling in canonical KJV Bible order. A related word form, a subject, or a person may appear earlier.

Find every occurrence

The exact English word quick appears 10 times in 10 KJV verses. Counts ignore letter case and exclude other spellings and word forms.

For original-language details, select the word in the particular chapter. A word can represent different terms or constructions in different verses.

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Study method

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