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Gone


GONE, participle passive of go; pronounced nearly gawn.

1. Departed.

It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from

Jerusalem to Gath. 1 Kings 2:41.

2. Advanced; forward in progress; with far, farther, or further; as a man far gone in intemperance.

3. Ruined; undone. Exert yourselves, or we are gone

4. Past; as, these happy days are gone; sometimes with by. Those times are gone by.

5. Lost.

When her masters saw that the hope of their gains

were gone---Acts 16:6.

6. Departed from life; deceased; dead.