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Definition of King james version

1. Noun. An English translation of the Bible published in 1611.

Definition of King james version

1. Proper noun. (biblical Christianity) A translation, published in 1611, of the Bible from the original Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek (New Testament) commissioned for the Church of England, which is the version most quoted and influential in English literature and English Protestant religious culture. ¹

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Literary usage of King james version

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Story of Bible Translations by Max Leopold Margolis (1917)
"LUTHER AND THE king james version The official Bible in Christian Europe throughout the Middle Ages was Jerome's Latin in the West and the Greek in the ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1904)
"The translators of the King James version adopted substantially the usage of ... The use of the relatives which and that in the King James version does not ..."

3. Auction Prices of Books: A Representative Record Arranged in Alphabetical by Luther Samuel Livingston (1905)
"king james version. Cambridge, T. and J. Buck, 1630. 4 to. ... king james version. Lond., Barker, 1633. 4to. Cf. (arms of King Charles I. on sides), Soth., ..."

4. Historical Catalogue of the Printed Editions of Holy Scripture in the by Horace Frederick Moule, Thomas Herbert Darlow, British and Foreign Bible Society Library (1903)
"King James' version, with the Geneva notes. [Amsterdam?] 1715. i". Text : 0. T. ends on p. 712 ; NT ends on p. 248. ..."

5. The Bookman's Manual: A Guide to Literature by Bessie Graham (1921)
"The king james version was made during the lifetime of Shakespeare—the Golden ... When the king james version of the Bible was made, there had not yet- been ..."

6. The Bible and English Prose Style: Selections and Comments by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1906)
"The king james version. [SAINTSBURY, History of Elizabethan Literature, Chap. 6.] But great as are Bacon and Raleigh, they cannot approach, as writers of ..."

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