PERTA'IN, verb intransitive [Latin pertineo, per and tenco, to hold.] 1. To belong; to be the property, right or duty of. Men hate those who affect honor by ambition, which pertaineth not to them. He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah. 2 Kings 18:13. It pertains to the governor to open the ports by proclamation. 2. To have relation to. Acts 1:3.
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