Found just once in the New Testament (Acts 7:24Acts 7:24
English: American Standard Version (1901) - ASV
24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:
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When Moses was about forty years old (Acts 7:23Acts 7:23
English: American Standard Version (1901) - ASV
23 But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
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