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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Grant

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Grant

GR'ANT, verb transitive

1. To admit as true what is not proved; to allow; to yield; to concede. We take that for granted which is supposed to be true.

Grant that the fates have firmed, by their decree--

2. To give; to bestow or confer on without compensation, particularly in answer to prayer or request.

Thou hast granted me life and favor. Job 10:12.

God granted him that which he requested. 1. Chron.4.

3. To transfer the title of a thing to another, for a good or valuable consideration; to convey by deed or writing. The legislature have granted all the new land.

Grant me the place of this threshing floor. 1 Chronicles 21:22.

GR'ANT, noun The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring.

1. The thing granted or bestowed; a gift; a boon.

2. In law, a conveyance in writing, of such things as cannot pass or be transferred by word only, as land, rents, reversions, tithes, etc.

A grant is an executed contract.

3. Concession; admission of something as true.

4. The thing conveyed by deed or patent.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Grantable

GR'ANTABLE, adjective That may be granted or conveyed.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Granted

GR'ANTED, participle passive Admitted as true; conceded; yielded; bestowed; conveyed.


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Grantee

GRANTEE', noun The person to whom a conveyance is made.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Granting

GR'ANTING, participle present tense Admitting; conceding; bestowing; conveying.


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Grantor

GR'ANTOR, noun The person who grants; one who conveys lands, rents, etc.