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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of to
kill .
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Examples
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-- With a little freedom in the use of words, one might actually call Jesus a "free spirit" .9 -- he cares nothing for what is established: the word killeth,10 whatever is established killeth.
The Antichrist 1895
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Remember, too, that to shew mercy is better than to shed blood; the sword killeth, but the favor of the ruler bringeth joy and happiness.
An Egyptian Princess — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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Remember, too, that to shew mercy is better than to shed blood; the sword killeth, but the favor of the ruler bringeth joy and happiness.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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Remember, too, that to shew mercy is better than to shed blood; the sword killeth, but the favor of the ruler bringeth joy and happiness.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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Remember, too, that to shew mercy is better than to shed blood; the sword killeth, but the favor of the ruler bringeth joy and happiness.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 04 Georg Ebers 1867
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Remember, too, that to shew mercy is better than to shed blood; the sword killeth, but the favor of the ruler bringeth joy and happiness.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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Neither did this rouse them thoroughly, He says at last what is indeed enough to give them wings [571]; the one "killeth," the other
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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The sura reads: "For that cause We decreed for the children of Israel that whoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind" Pickthall translation.
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For that cause We decreed for the Children of Israel that whosoever killeth a human being for other than manslaughter or corruption in the earth, it shall be as if be had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind.
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After all, even Pullman's arch villain, Saint Paul, warned that "the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life."
'The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ,' reviewed by Ron Charles 2010
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